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A GUIDE TO THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 



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PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. 



Ne^ rly eight years have passed away, since the first 
edition of this little Manual was published. An adaptation 
in the main, of an English work known as "Heygate's 
Manual," it was, like that, intended for a special class of 
persons, amongst whom, from the beginning of his ministry, 
the compiler had been happily and contentedly laboring. 
But the book passed to a wider use than had been antici* 
pated, gaining some circulation among persons who had no 
other poverty save poverty of spirit. Notwithstanding 
this, it may still be regarded as intended for Christ's Poor; 
since it is not merely those who are poor in this world's 
goods, but those who are poor in spirit, that the Lord ac- 
counts to be blessed, and thus marks for His own. 

The new edition diners from preceding ones in this 
respect : that some matter which was in the first edition, 
and which was omitted in the second and third, is now re- 
placed. But, substantially, there is no change. 

Blessed be God, if we are able to do, or say, or publish 
aught which may advance the cause of His kingdom in 
bringing souls to their rest therein. It is with deep grati- 
tude, that the author has received evidence of the useful- 
ness of this little work. To the young, and particularly to 
those who had just taken upon themselves in confirmation 
their baptismal vows, it has been a guide ; to the ignorant 

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IV PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION". 

a teacher; and to many suffering folk a comfort. Those 
parts of it, especially, in which are recounted, in litanies 
and brief ejaculatory prayers, the adorable woes and sor- 
rows of the Kedeemer of the world, have been used by divers 
men and women, when in extreme and prolonged illness 
and pain, with a sensible relief, which seemed to flow 
directly from the cross of Christ, as embraced by loving 
faith. We cannot be too earnest in the effort to bring and 
keep Jesus Christ and Him crucified before the gaze of the 
sinner; and many have been aided thereunto by medita- 
ting on the Passion as this Manual has taught them to medi- 
tate, and by praying, as they have learned from it to pray. 
They have seen Him before them ; with the hands pierced, 
and with the pointed thorns wounding the flesh, and with 
the slow blood dropping down. Thus also, in view of the 
price of its forgiveness, they have come to know more about 
the actual quality of sin. 

And we must also come to know our own offences, one 
by one. Not merely that we are sinners ; but in what we 
are sinners. No general opinion respecting sin can avail, 
unless we have the special sense of our acts of transgres- 
sion. As, therefore, we look outside of ourselves and away 
from ourselves, for the great redemption ; so must we look 
within ourselves to see why it was needed. And a mode 
of attaining such knowledge, and an outline of the discip- 
line consequent upon it, is presented in the instructions as 
to the order of the Christian life. 

This Manual is, therefore, again commended to the hum- 
ble in heart, in the hope that it may aid in teaching those 
who will receive it in the same spirit of meekness in which 
it is offered, what to believe, and what to do, how to pray 
and how to die. Brief is the time. Too brief for contro- 
versy and contention j only long enough for the work be- 



PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION. V 

fore us, nor long enough for that, since it is the work of grow- 
ing unto the measure of the stature of the fulrjess of Christ. 
Who is sufficient for that thing? It is not to be done in an 
hour. It is not to be attained in a day. Habits are only 
formed by acts ; holy tempers and forms by holy living. 
While we relax our efforts, the period for work goeth away. 
All that now remains of life to any one of us, is not more 
than he needs to make ready for his awful change and for 
the life of the world to come. 

Many hard words have been spoken of my labors, as to 
their scope and character. All such words are forgiven ; 
in the hope that they who spoke them, though mistaken, 
meant well. But they that are with us are more than they 
that are against us. The peaceful death-beds of many 
faithful spiritual children have disclosed to their pastor 
that his labor was not bestowed in vain. May the Lord 
still grant His compassionate acceptance and blessing; and 
may peace be with all them that love the Lord Jesus Christ 
in sincerity. 

Trinity Rectory, New Yqex : 
Lent, 1864, 



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DAILY PRAYER 



"In the evening, and morning, ana at noon-day will I pray, and that U*- 
•tantly : and Hs shall hear my voice. "—PsaJm Iv. 18. 



DEVOTIONS FOR DAILY USE. 

On firsi opening the eyes, say either aloud or to 
yourself, 

AWAKE, my soul, and give praise unto God, 
Glory be to Thee, O Lord, who hast saved 
me from the dangers of the night. 

Lord, raise me up at the Last Day — in tha 
Eesurrection of the just. 



PRIVATE MORNING PRAYER. 

Kneel down as before your God. Stop awhile in 
silence, to think that His eye is upon you. Think 
that to pray without heed is to take God's name in 
vain Then begin to say as follows: 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 
God, make speed to save us : 
O Lord, make haste to help us. 

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6 PRIVATE MORNING PRAYER. 

Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy 
name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done 
on earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our 
daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we 
forgive those who trespass against us. And lead 
us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 
Amen. 

O God, whose mercies fail not, but are new 
every morning, pardon the sins that I have com- 
mitted against Thee, in thought, word, and deed ; 
make me to be sorry for them with the godly sor- 
row that worketh repentance unto salvation ; put 
far from me all evil ways and works ; save me 
from the enemy of my soul ; and grant me Thy 
peace all the days of my life ; through our only 
Saviour and Eedeemer, Jesus Christ. Amen. 

Lord, I give thanks to Thee, for that Thou 
hast kept me in the past night from all evils, bodily 
and spiritual; and I beseech Thee for Thy mercies' 
sake, to raise me up at the Last Day to life ever- 
lasting. Give me grace, now in the time of this 
mortal life, to cast off the works of darkness, and 
to walk as a child of the light ; and do Thou pre- 
serve me this day from all sin, from all perils and 
dangers, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 

1 commend to Thee, Lord, my soul and my 



PRAYERS AT NOON. 7 

body, my thoughts, words, and works, my life and 
my death : the Church and my pastor, my parents 
and relations, [here name them, and any for whom 
you wish to pray,] and all the world. Amen. 

Then rise up and say, bowing the head, 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

If you have time, read some verses of the Bible, 
or a Psalm from the Psalter, or a Hymn. But 
never omit to pray. 



FBAYERS AT NOON, 

Noon brings to all a short time to rest from toil. 
Give a little of that time to God; though it be but a 
minute or two, it will not fail to bring you a reward 
from your Father in Heaven. 

Say to yourself, 
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In the evening, and morning, and at noonday, 
will I pray, and that instantly and He shall hear 
my voice. 



8 PRATEKS AT NOON. 

Pardon for the past, and strength for the future^ 
grant me, Lord. Amen. 

Lord, have mercy on us ; 
Christ, have mercy on us ; 
Lord, have mercy on us. 

If not at work, and alone, kneel down for a minut 
or two, and say, 

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 

Our Father, &c. 

Saviour of the world, who by Thy Cross and 
precious Blood hast redeemed us, save us and help 
us, we humbly beseech Thee, Lord. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, merciful Lord, to Thy 
faithful people, pardon and peace, that they may 
be cleansed from all their sins, and serve Thee 
with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

Lord, we beseech Thee, grant Thy people grace 
to withstand the temptations of the world, the 
flesh, and the devil, and with pure hearts and 
minds to follow Thee the only God; through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



EVENING PRAYER IN PRIVATE. 9 



EVENING PRAYER IN PRIVATE. 

Remember at even-tide, that your soul may that 
night be required of you. Therefore, do not dare to 
lie down and sleep, until you have taken account of 
your life, and passed sentence upon yourself as a sinner 
against Heaven and before Christ. So if He should 
call you before the dawn of the next day, His sentence 
will be milder from your having already declared its 
justice. 

Ash yourself then, these questions, trying to feel 
as if you were at the Judgment Seat, and GrOD and 
his Angels were before you : 

What sinful thing have I done to-day ? 
What evil word have I said ? 
What bad thoughts or desires have I had in my 
heart ? 

Have I done my work well ? 

Am I letting the sun go down upon my wrath? 

Having now made trial of your life, Jcneel and 
confess humbly to GrOD, saying, 

Lord, have mercy upon me , 
Heal my soul, for I have sinned against Thee. 
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10 EVENING PRAYER IN PRIVATE. 

O Almighty Father, Lord of Heaven and 
Earth, I confess to Thee all the sins that I have 
done this day, in thought, word, or act, through 
my most grievous fault : {If there be any great sin> 
name it here) O pardon me, pity and absolve mo 
from all my sins, and bring me safe to everlasting 
life. 

Our Father, &c. 

Blessed be Thy Holy Name, Lord! 

For the mercies of the past day. 

Vouchsafe, we pray Thee, 

To keep us this night without sin. 

Lord, have mercy on us ; 

Christ, have mercy on us ; 

Lord, have mercy on us. 

Then these prayers : 

O God, who art without beginning and without 
end, the Maker and Governor of all things through 
Christ, who hast made the day for works of light, 
and the night to give rest to our weakness ; do 
Thou now, most kind ana gracious Lord, receive 
this my evening thanksgiving. Thou that hast led 
me through the length of the day, and brought 
me to the beginning of the night, keep and pre- 
serve me by Thy Christ. Grant that I may pass 



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this evening in peace, and this night without sin ; 
and finally, that I may attain everlasting life; 
through Jesus Christ Thy Son, by whom be 
glory, honor and adoration unto Thee in the Holy 
Spirit, world without End. Amen. 

God, merciful and faithful, the aid of all that 
trust in Thee, keep safely under the shadow of 
Thy wings my beloved relations and friends, and 
all believers, even thy whole Church ; that we may 
increase in Thy Holy Spirit more and more until 
we come to Thine everlasting kingdom. Amen. 

Or these two prayers : 

Lord, the Keeper of Israel, who neither slum- 
berest nor sleepest, be pleased, in Thy mercy, to 
watch over me and mine this night, and make- us 
ever mindful of the time when we shall lie down in 
the dust. Preserve us while waking, and defend us 
while sleeping, that our souls may constantly watch 
with Christ, and rest in His peace forever. Amen. 

Visit, I beseech Thee, Lord, this habitation 
and drive far from it all snares of the enemy. Let 
Thy holy angels dwell within it, and preserve us 
in peace ; and let Thy blessing be upon us ever- 
more ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 



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Conclude thus, 

God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy 
Ghost, be with me and mine now and in the hour 
of death. 

LAST THOUGHTS OK CLOSING THE EYES TO SLEEP. 

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
was crucified upon His cross, and laid into His 
grave for me, I lay me down to sleep. He bless 
me, keep me, and save me, raise me up again and 
bring me to life everlasting. 



DIRECTIONS FOR FRIDAY. 

The Lord of Glory was crucified on Friday 
The Church therefore bids us keep that day holy 
in remembrance of His Death. All the Fridays 
in the year are fast -days. 

The rules for Friday are : to fast, to think of 
Christ on the cross, to grieve for your sins which 
helped to nail Him there, and to pray him to save 
you. 

Eat no more than you need for health, and to 



DIRECTIONS FOR FRIDAY. 13 

get through your work. Do "not the things which 
you like to do. Try and find out ways to deny 
yourself. If the Devil would draw you off from 
these acts, saying that there is no use in them, 
give no heed to his voice. Think of your Saviour, 
Eis bleeding brows, His feet and hands stabbed 
through with the spikes, His body racked, His 
bones out of joint. This thought will drive the 
Devil from your heart and strengthen you to 
punish yourself for your sins. 

Say at morning, noon, and evening, 

Saviour of the world, who by Thy Cross and 
precious. Blood hast redeemed me, save me and 
help me, I humbly beseech Thee, Lord. 

In the evening, or at any hour of the day when 
you are alone, and have time, pray thus: 

Lord Jesus, remember now the hour in which 
Thou didst once commend Thy blessed spirit into 
the hands of Thy Heavenly Father ; when with a 
torn body and broken heart Thou didst show forth 
Thy mercy in dying for us. I beseech Thee, O 
Thou brightness and image of God, so to aid me 
by Thy most precious death, that being dead unto 
the world, I may live only unto Thee ; and at the 



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hour of my departing from this mortal life, I may 
commend my soul into Thy hands, and that Thou 
may est receive me into immortal life, there to 
reign with Thee forever and ever Amen. 



THE LORD'S DAY. 



M Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy." — Fourth Commandment. 

"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of 
some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the mere as ye see '.he 
I>»V approaching." — Htbrews x. 25. 



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HOW TO KEEP THE LORD'S DAY HOLY. 

Almighty God has bidden us, in the Fourth 
Commandment, keep one day in the week holy to 
Him. 

It used to be the Seventh Day, or Saturday. 

But the Church of Christ, by His permission, 
has changed this use, and bids us keep the First 
Day, or Sunday, instead. 

She made this change, because the Lord rose 
from the dead on the first day of the week. It is 
called the Lord's Day, to put us in mind of His 
Kesurrection. 

Not to keep the Lord's Day holy, is an awful 
sin : it is as bad as to worship idols, or to take His 
Name m vain. That day is holy to Him through- 
out ; if we do not keep it so, we are destroying our 
own souls. 

The Lord's Day is not a fast, like Friday. It 
is a feast. Therefore put away sadness, and lift up 
your hearts ; rejoice in the Lord ; and again I say, 
rejoice.' Take all the harmless pleasure you can. 
Sing merry hymns of joy. Be light of heart within 

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18 HOW TO KEEP THE LORDS DAY HOLY, 

yourself, and cheerful in your behaviour to alL 
Feel as if the sun should always be bright on the 
Lord's Day ; as if the birds should sing louder ; as 
if all the world were given up to praise Him, to 
make merry and be joyful. 

Only remember that your joy be a holy one. 
Rejoice in the Lord : not in sin, vanity, or folly 



GENERAL RULES. 

To he kept most sacredly as long as you live. 

1. Never work at your trade or business on the 
Lord's Day. 

2. Never miss going to Church, at least once. 
Let nothing hinder you but violent sickness, sud- 
den death of friends, or the like great cause. 

3. Eead your Bible, your Prayer Book, and such 
other books as may help you to grow in holiness. 

4. Give God thanks, again and again, for His 
mercies. 

5. Do some good work, such as visiting any 
sick friend, or relieving some distress, or the like. 
Such acts of mercy befit this holy day, and bring 
great reward. 



HOW TO KEEP THE LORD'S DAY HOLY. 19 



MORNING PRAYER. 

Say your prayers as usual, and add this : 

Into the hands of Thy blessed care and unspeak- 
able mercy, O Lord, I commend this day my soul 
and my body, my thoughts, words, and deeds, all 
that I have, and all that I am ; praying Thee to be 
with me now and forever, and so to direct, sanctify, 
and govern me in the ways of Thy laws, and in the 
works of Thy commandments, that through Thy 
most mighty protection I may be preserved in body 
and soul, unto the day of Thy glorious appearing, 
who art one with the Father and the Holy 
Ghost, over all God blessed for evermore. Amen. 

HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF IN CHURCH. 

Always go to Church once, and, if possible, 
twice. Never go away to the places of worship of 
other denominations or sects, for any reason at all. 
There is no good reason to go. Go not through cu- 
riosity, nor to hear preaching, nor to oblige friends 
who ask you. Keep to the Church alone. There 
you hear the true Word of God, and th^e are 
they who are truly His priests. 

When you enter Church, say to yourself 



20 HOW TO KEEP THE LORD'S DAY HOLY. 

Lord, how awful is this place. This is no 
other tnan the house of God, and this is the gate 
of Heaven. 

When you come to your seat, kneel humbly 01 
your knees and pray, saying to yourself, 

O, how amiable are Thy dwellings, Thou Lord 
of Hosts ; one day in Thy Courts is better than a 
thousand. 

Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation 
of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight this day, 
Lord, my strength and my Eedeemer. 



THE SERVICE. 

Attend with great care to the holy service. It 
is the chief thing for which we come to Church. 
No one gains much by the sermon, who is cold 
and careless in the service. So, too, after joining 
with all the heart in the service, one is more fit to 
hear the word preached, and to receive it to the 
good of his soul. 

Be not lazy and slothful ; kneel to pray ; stand 
up to praise ; sit down to hear the lessons and the 
sermon. Shame on those who loll on their seats, or 



HOW TO KEEP THE LORD'S DAY HOLY. 21 

sit at their ease, when they ought to be kneeling 
or standing up. The body and the soul always 
work together. Your soul cannot pray and con- 
fess its sins, while the body is taking its comfort. 

Pray with all your heart. Ask God secretly for 
all that you have need of. Pour out your soul to 
Him. Tell Him every want, every fear, every 
care. Do this with the thought in your mind that 
prayers made in Church avail more than prayers 
made at home. If you have any great wish, any 
great resolution, mention it to God first in Church. 
His House is the House of Prayer for all people, 
and for all their needs. 



THE SERMON. 

Eemember the text. 

Try and catch some short sentence, some brief 
remark, to take home, and lay up in your mind. 
Ask God to bless the word to your good. Eemem- 
ber that the more sermons you hear, the greater is 
your danger if you are not made better by them. 

Never listen to a sermon in the hope of being 
amused. Eemember that he who speaks is the 
minister of Divine things, and that he bears a mes- 
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22 HOW TO KEEP THE LORD'S DAY HOLY. 

sage to you from the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, 
listen with respect and with fear. 

Before leaving Church, say: 

Pardon, Lord, my wandering thoughts, and 
overlook, I pray Thee, my short comings; and 
when I quit Thy house, may I not quit Thy pres- 
ence, but may I be ever near to Thee and Thou 
to me ; through Jesus Christ. .Amen. 

Then go slowly out of Churchy as one who comeih 
from the presence of God, and He will look with 
favour upon you } and His blessing will rest on your 
head. 



THE HOLY COMMUNION. 



"The Cup of Blessing which we bless, is it not ?he communioi] of tbe 
Blood of Christ ? 

u The Bread which we break, is it not the communion of the Body of 
Christ?"—1 Cor. x. 16. 

" Whoso eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, hath sternal life, and I 
Will raise him up at the last day." — St. John vi. 04. 



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DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION, 

The Holy Communion is the greatest blessing 
of the Christian's life on earth. To receive it is 
also the first and highest duty of all the Children 
of God. 

No care can be too great in making ready for 
this holy feast. It rests wi&h us whether it shall be 
a savour of life unto life, or one of death unto death. 
For he that eateth and drinketh worthily, dwelleth 
in Christ; and Christ will raise him up at the Last 
Day unto life eternal. But he that partaketh un- 
worthily receiveth condemnation, because he hath 
not discerned the Body and Blood of the Lord. 

Prepare for the Holy Communion with the same 
love and fear with which, you would make ready to 
appear face to face before your God. Begin this 
work at the time when notice is given in the Church. 
Let it be in your thoughts, daily, to what a high 
and holy mystery you are called. Bethink you, 
ichat if you come, expecting to receive little, you 
will get little ; if much, you will get much. 

Some people think that if they go to the Lord's 

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26 DIRECTIONS TOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

Table two or three times a year, it is enough. This 
is all a mistake. We cannot go too often. The 
Church advises all to go once a month. This is 
the very least with which we ought to feel con- 
ent. 

But never fail to go on Christmas, Easter, and 
Whitsunday ; and as often besides as possible. 

It is best to have some little book to guide you 
in preparing. There are many very good ones. 
" Steps to the Altar," and Wilberforce's "Com- 
municant's Manual/' are the best. Get ooe of 
these and use it. But if you have not time to gc 
through so long a form, you will find here follow- 
ing a mode by which you may prepare yourself. 
It is short. Eead it once or twice, so as to under- 
stand it ; and then always use it before coming to 
Communion. 



WHAT THE HOLY COMMUNION IS. 

It is a holy rite in which Christ draws near to 
His faithful people, and gives them His Body and 
Blood to be the food of their souls, and to keep 
jheir bodies also unto a glorious resurrection. 

He instituted this in the night in which He was 
betrayed. He took bread and gave it to H's dis- 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION, 27 

ciples, saying, "Take, eat, this is My Body." 
Then He took wine, and gave it to them in like 
manner, saying, " Drink ye all of this ; for this is 
My Blood." He had before toll them, " Whoso 
ever eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood 
hath everlasting life ; and I will raise him up at 
the Last Day." 

So now, when you receive bread and wine in 
this blessed sacrament, believe and be sure that 
you receive also and at the same time the spiritual 
food of the most precious Body and Blood of your 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

BENEFITS OF THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

I. We are thereby made sure of God's favor and 
love to us, and that all our sins are forgiven. 
The Holy Communion is the means by which 
God forgives us, and a sure sign that He has 
done so. 
II. We are thereby kept His true children. We 
were made His children in Baptism : we re- 
main so by being faithful communicants. 
III. We know thereby that we shall go to Heaven 
after we die. For in Heaven we shall be 
always with Christ. But in the Holy Com- 
munion we draw near to Christ, and are with 
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Heaven, and a pledge that we shall some day 
dwell there altogether. 
IV. Our souls are fed thereby with that Bread 
which keeps them in health and strength, and 
without which they must starve and die. For 
the Body and Blood of Christ are the Food 
of the soul. 

Think of these things, and see what great cause 
you have to love your Lord, and to go with joy 
to His table. If you stay away, you miss all these 
good things, and you show yourself to be heartless 
and unkind in not returning His love toward you. 

Consider also : 

1st. That the Hoiy Communion is to our souls 
what meat and drink are to our bodies. If one 
should leave off eating, how soon would he starve 
to death ! And if one who needed two or three 
good meals a day to keep up his strength, should 
try to do with only one, how soon would he get 
weak and good for nothing ! So it is with your soul. 
The Body and Blood of Christ in the Blessed 
Sacrament are its food. Will you starve your soul 
by never going to that Sacrament ? Will you keep 
it poor and weakly by only going once or twice a 
year? 

2d. That the Holy Communion is for all, the 



■ DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION". 29 

sinners as well as the righteous. For Christ came 
to call, not the righteous, but sinners to repent- 
ance. That you are a sinner, is the more reason 
why you should come, if only you repent of youi 
sins, and try to break them off: for in that Sacra- 
ment you have the blessed knowledge that, if peni 
tent, your sins are forgiven. 



HOW TO RECEIVE THE SACRAMENT WORTHILY. 

Four things are needful. 
L To repent you truly for your sins past. 
II. To have a lively and steadfast faith in Christ, 
your Saviour. 

III. To be resolved to amend your life. 

IV. To be in perfect Charity with all men. 

THE WAY TO PREPARE YOURSELF. 

To know whether yoi have those four things 
needful, you must first examine yourself by the 
rule of God's commandments. 



80 . DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

I. 
QUESTIONS FOR SELF-EXAMINATION. 

Before you begin, think to yourself as follows : 

1. If a sick man does not know his disease, how 
can he take care of his health ? I must know my 
old sins, in order to be watchful and sin no more. 

2. If a man does not know his sins, how can he 
ask God's pardon. Confess thy sins, it is said, and 
He will forgive. (1 St. John i. 8, 9.) But how 
can I confess what I do not know ? Shall I hear 
of my sins for the first time at the Day of Judg- 
ment ? God forbid ! I will know them now, I will 
lay them open to Him. I will conceal nothing. 
God will cover what I confess ; but at the Last 
Day, He will lay open what I hide. 

Then begin and question yourself as follows, and 
think that you stand before God, and that He sees 
whether you answer truly : 

1. How have I sinned since my last communion ? 

2. Have I desired any thing more than God ? 

3. Have I taken God's name in vain? 

4. Have I said my prayers every morning and 
evening ? 

5. Have I kept the Lord's Day holy ? 

6. Have I neglected to go to Church ? 

7. Have I been kind to my parents, brothers, 
sisters &c. ? 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. SI 

8. Have I been lowly and reverent to all my 
betters ? 

9. Have I kept my body pure and in chastity ? 

10. Have I taken any thing that was not my 
own? 

11. Have I kept my tongue from lies and slan- 
dering ? 

12. Have I lost my temper, or been fretful or 
peevish? 

13. Have I worked at my lawful business 
steadily ? 

14. Am I in peace and charity with all ? 

15. Has my life been that which becomes one 
who is a member of Christ, a child of God, and 
an inheritor of the kingdom of Heaven ? 

When you have thus examined yourself, kneel 
down and say, 

most gracious God, Father of Mercies, I con 
fess unto Thee, that I have sinned and done wick- 
edly, before Heaven and in Thy sight, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy child. I have erred 
and strayed from Thy ways, and thus and thus 
{here mention your sins) have I done. Forgive me 
my sins, Lord ; forgive me the sins of my youth, 
and the sins of mine age, the sins of my soul, and 
the sins of my body, my secret and whispering 



32 DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

sins, my open and crying sins, the sins that I have 
done to please myself, and the sins that I have done 
to please others. Forgive me my wanton and idle 
sins; forgive me my serious sins; forgive me those 
sins which I know, and those which I know not ; 
the sins which I so long have tried to hide from 
others, that now I have even hid them from my 
own memory. give me a broken and contrite 
heart, and wash me in the precious Blood of my 
Kedeemer, for His sake, who gave himself for me, 
the greatest of sinners. Amen 



II. 

PROFESSION OF FAITH. 

The second part of preparation for Holy Com 
munion is to have a lively and steadfast faith in 
Jesus Christ and His holy religion. Now all re- 
ligion is summed up in the Creed. Therefore stand 
up and say the Apostles' Creed, — 

a I believe in God the Father Almighty," &c. 

Then add this act of faith : 

All this the one, only, and true faith, I do from 
my heart profess and believe. Help thou, Lord, 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 33 

mine unbelief; and grant me grace to continue in 
this faith unto my life's end, and to depart out of 
this world with this holy confession on my lips. 
Amen. 



III. 
AMENDMENT OF LIFE. 

Make this short act with your whole soul. 

Lord, I see that my life has not been what it 
ought ; and I do bewail my misdeeds. Lord, I 
know that I can do all things through Thee and 
in Thy strength. I do therefore purpose and re- 
solve from this day forth to lead a better life, and 
to live unto Thee. Help me to keep this promise ; 
and save me from my spiritual enemy, and from 
everlasting death. Amen. 



IV. 

CHARITY WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR. 

Eemember what the Lord Jesus hath said : If 
thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remem- 



34 DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

berest that thy brother hath aught against thee , 
go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, 
and then come and offer thy gift. 

Again it is written : " Let not the sun go down 
upon thy wrath." 

Therefore : if any one has done you wrong, for 
give him with all your heart. 

If you have wronged any one, go and restore, 
confessing that you have sinned against him, and 
asking his pardon. 

If you have had hot words, or been angry with 
any one, dare not come near the altar till you havo 
done all in your power to make it up. 

Add to your prayers every day of the week before 
communion this that follows: 

Come, Holy Jesus, come, and take possession 
of my soul. Purify it with Thy most precious 
Body and Blood, that, being fitted for Thy dwell- 
ing, Thou may est abide in me forever. Amen. 

§^T* If, in preparing for this Blessed Sacra- 
ment, you are in any doubt or trouble of mind 
about your sins, go at once to your Pastor, and 
open all your grief. He is God's Priest, and 
loves your soul, and watches for it as one who 
must give account. Do not be afraid; he has 
seen many like you ; and he will never repeat 
what you say to him. 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 35 
DEVOTIONS FOR THE MORNING OF HOLY COMMUNION. 

This is the day that the Lord hath made : we 
will rejoice and be glad in it. 

Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come 
under my roof. 

Lesson, 1 Cor. xi. 

"The Lord Jesus, the same night in which 
He was betrayed, took bread, and when He had 
given thanks, He brake it, and said, Take, eat; 
this is My Body which is broken for you : this do 
in remembrance of Me. After the same manner 
also, He took the cup, when He had supped, say- 
ing, ' This cup is the New Testament in My 
Blood ; this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remem- 
brance of Me.' " 

Lord, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle, 01 
who shall rest upon Thy holy hill ? 

Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and 
speaketh the truth €rom his heart, and doeth the 
thing which is right. 

Lord have mercy upon us • 

Christ have mercy upon us ; 

Lord have mercy upon us. 

Our Father, &c. 

Blessed Lord Jesus, for Thy mercy's sake, blot 
out my sins, and wash me clean in Thy most pre- 



36 DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

cious Blood. May I repent of my misdoings more 
and more. Grant that I may come to this com- 
munion as T would wish to come to my last com- 
munion before I die. Let this be the beginning of 
a new life. May all sin die in me, and holiness 
live; and may my soul forever rest in Thee, my 
only God and Saviour. Amen. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to 
the Holy Ghost : 

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever 
shall be, world without end. Amen. 

If you have time, use also this that follows : for 
you cannot prepare too carefully for this Holy Feast. 

1 will wash my hands in innocency, Lord . 
and so will I go to Thine altar; 

That I may show the voice of thanksgiving : 
and tell of all Thy wondrous works. 

Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thine 
House : and the place where Thine honor dwelleth. 

shut not up my soul with the sinners ; nor 
my life with the blood-thirsty. 

In whose hands is wickedness ; and their right 
hand is fall of gifts. 

But as for me, I will walk innocently : deliver 
me, and be merciful unto me. 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 37 

My foot standeth right ; I wil praise the Lord 
m the congregations. 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 

Then 'kneel down and say : 

Grant me, Blessed Lord, not only to receive 
Thy Sacrament in the outward forms of bread and 
wine, but in the grace and power thereof: not 
bread and wine alone, but the Body and Blood of 
Jesus, to the pardon of my sins, and all other 
benefits of His Passion. Amen. 

blessed Saviour, I, a poor unworthy sinner, 
do long to come to Thy table; yet for my many 
and grievous sins, I even tremble and fear to ap- 
proach it. I come therefore to Thee, the Fountain 
of mercy, hoping that Thou wilt wash me ; I come 
to Thee, the Good Samaritan, hoping Thou wilt 
heal my wounds. I open my grief to Thee , I look 
upon my sins, many and very great, and thereupon 
tremble ; yet seeing Thy mercy, great and plen- 
tiful, I am therewith again refreshed. Eemember 
how many pains and sorrows Thou didst bear, to 
put away my sins. I pray Thee, blessed Saviour, 
by them to purge and purify me ; that I may re- 
main a living member of Thy Body, the Church, 
and may also worthily receive this Sacrament, 
that so, with all Thy faithful people, I may give 
Thee praise everlastingly. Amen 



38 DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 

The Soul of Christ hallow me, 
And the Body strengthen me, 
And the Blood ransom me, 
And the Water wash me, 
And the Bruises heal me, 
And the Sweat refresh me, 
And the Wounds hide me. 
The peace of God, 
Which passeth all understanding, 
Keep my heart and my thoughts 
In the knowledge and the love of God. 
AMEN. 



A THANKSGIVING AFTER RECEIVING THE BLESSED 
SACRAMENT. 

Praise the Lord, my soul, and all that ia 
within me, praise His holy Name. 

0, my God, thou art true and holy ! 0, my 
soul, thou art blessed and happy. 

I give thanks to Thee, my Saviour, that it hath 
pleased Thee to fill my soul with gladness, and to 
feed me with the heavenly food of Thy most sacred 
Body and Blood : and humbly I pray that from 
henceforth I may walk in all good works, and that 
being now made whole, I may sin no more, but 



DIRECTIONS FOR THE HOLY COMMUNION. 39 

ever serve Thee in holiness and pureness of living 
until I come unto Thine everlasting kingdom. 

Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be 

unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unto 

the Lamb forever and ever. Amen. Amen. 

Glory be to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee ; 

Glory to Thee, and glory to Thine all-holy Name, 

For Thy great goodness, 

And Thy pity towards sinners, 

And unworthy men, 

And towards me, of all sinners 

By far the most unworthy. 

Yea, Lord, 

For this, and for the rest, 

Glory to Thee, 

And praise and blessing, and thanksgiving 

With the voices and concert of voices, 

Of angels and of men, 

Of all Thy Saints in heaven. 

And of all Thy creatures in heaven or earth, 

And of me beneath their feet, 

Unworthy and wretched sinner, 

Now, in this day and hour, 

And every day till my last breath, 

And till the end of the world, 

And forever and ever. 

AMEN. 



THE CHURCH. 

THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 



" if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be to thee as a heathen man 
and a publican." — St. Matthew xviii. 17. 

" Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the 
6on op God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the ful- 
ness of Christ."— Ephesians iv. 13. 



4* 



THE CHXTRCH OF CHRIST. 

The Church of Christ, which we call in oiu 
Creeds the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic 
Church, is a Society having for its end to make 
men know, love, and serve God, and to fit them in 
this way to dwell with Him after this life is over. 

It is called Christ's Church because He began 
it when He was on this earth. He is its Head and 
King. Next to Him, He gave the Holy Apostles 
to rule it. When the Apostles were all dead, the 
Bishops were made rulers of the Church in their 
stead. The Bishops have ever since been the 
heads of the Church under Christ, who is its Head 
in Heaven. They have the office of the Apostles, 
and we honor and obey them as such. 

It is called the Holy Church because God has 
put in it all the means which men need to make 
them holy ; and because all who are in the Church 
are called to lead holy lives, and moved thereto by 
the Holy Ghost. 

It is called the Catholic Church because it is 
not for one time or place, but for all. Christ 

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44 THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

meant that it should spread through all lands, and 
hold in one all men and tribes of the earth. 

It is called the Apostolic Church, because its 
heads, the Bishops, are the same in office as the 
Apostles, and have under them Priests and Dea- 
cons, which orders have always, since the time of 
the Apostles, been found in the Church. Also be- 
cause it has the old Creeds, which tell what the 
Apostles taught; and the two Sacraments, Bap- 
tism, and the Supper of the Lord, the same which 
the Apostles gave to the people 



HOLY BAPTISM THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH. 

To get into a house or a room, you must have a 
door. It is so with the Church. There is a way 
by which, we get into it. That way, or door, is 
Baptism. 

Every one who has been baptized, is in the 
Church of Christ, whether he thinks so or not 
Any one who is not baptized, is out of the Church 
and the same as a heathen. 

In your baptism you were made a member of 
Christ, (or a Christian, which is the same thing,) 
and taken into the One Holy Catholic and Apos- 
tolic Church. 



THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 45 

Infants ought to be baptized very soon after 
they are born. We cannot be too quick to place 
them in Christ's blessed Church, and in the arms 
of His Love. 



THE LIFE OF THE SOUL— WHEN IT BEGINS. 

The soul, like the body, has a life. 

The life of the body is one which, so to speak, 
we can see. 

But the life of the soul is hid with Christ in 
God. 

This hidden life begins in a mystery ; that is to 
say, in Holy Baptism. You were thereby made, 
as you have been taught since you first began to 
learn, " a member of Christ, the child of God, 
and an inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven." 

But it does not follow because you have been 
baptized, that you are sure to be saved. 

This the words show. You were made a a mem 
ber of Christ" ; that is, joined to Him as a branch 
to a tree. But He says in His gospel, " If any man 
abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and 
is withered, and cast into the fire and burned." 
(Read, with fear and trembling, St. John, 15th 
chapter, 1st verse to the 6th.) Thus you see that 
5 



4:6 THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

if you do not abide in Christ, it will go very hard 
with you ; and your doom will be full of wo. 

Again, you were made the " Child of God." Ii 
you do not grow up a good child, He will cast you 
out from His family in Heaven. There are baa 
children as well as good. See that you be not one 
of them, and thus lose your claim to your Father's 
love and care. 

Lastly : you were made an inheritor of the King- 
dom of Heaven. Now an inheritor, that is to say, 
an heir, is one who is to get something by-and-by; 
he has it not yet ; he is to have it. This is just 
your state. You are an heir of glory and life 
eternal; but you have not got them yet. Nor 
will you ever get them, unless you keep and do 
all that your sponsors, who brought you to bap- 
tism, promised In your name. 



WHAT YOtf HAVE TO DO. 

Your soul has been made alive. But it must, 
now be kept alive. This is to be done by the 
grace of God. 

But He will not give it to you, unless you do 
these three things : 



THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 47 

1st. Repent of all your sins. 

2d. Believe in Him. 

3rd. Keep His commandments. 

Now, dear Christian soul, your salvation hangs 
on your doing these three things as well as you 
can. All your life you must strive to serve God. 
You must ask His help and seek His grace ; and 
you must pray Him to forgive you for not doi^.g 
more, and for doing so badly the little which you 
can do. 



HELPS TO THE LIFE OF HOLINESS. 

God has put many suet within your reach. For 
He knows that your path through life is as a long 
and hard journey, and He has seen fit to smooth 
the road, and to place wells of cool water beside 
it, and to give guides to lead you on the way, lest 
you turn from the track and be lost. 

The chief helps and aids to those who strive to 
live as Christ would have them, are these : 

1. The Word of God read and preached. 

2. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 

3. The council and advice of the Clergy. 

4. The Christian Year of Feasts and Fasts. 



48 THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

I have a few words to say on each of these; but 
most about the last. 



I. FIRST HELP. — THE WORD OF GOD, READ AND 
PREACHED. 



At home, keep your Bible close at hand. Eead 
it often ; a few verses at a time. Think of what 
you have read. Pray that you may be made better 
by it. Get many verses of the Bible by heart. Lay 
up as much of it as you can in your mind. It is 
the Word of that God with Whom you hope to 
dwell in a better world, and in knowing Whom 
stands your eternal life. 

Treat the Bible with great care. Never let any 
other book lie on top of it. Do not throw it dowu 
when you stop reading. Take it up gravely and 
lay it down in the like way. Have a place set 
apart for it. It is the B :>ok of God. 

If you are at a loss to know what any part 
means, go to your minister and ask. It is part of 
his duty to preach the word and explain it. He 
will make all clear. Give good heed to all that he 
tells you of the sense of the Scriptures, as well in 
private as in his sermons. Thus you will have 
much help in living unto the Lord. 



THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 49 

II. SECOND HELP. — THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORl/S 

SUPPER. 

I have no more to say than what has been said 
in that part of this Manual which shows you how 
to prepare for it. 



III. THIRD HELP. — THE COUNSEL AND ADVICE OF 
THE CLERGY. 

Now here is a help which the most part think 
very little of. But too much cannot be said of 
your need of it. 

You ought to know your minister as well as if 
he were one of your own household. You ought 
to feel as if you could go to him at any time and 
be sure to find in him a friend. He ought to know 
your heart and your life, your ways and your 
thoughts, your joys and your griefs. 

None should be a stranger to his pastor. For 
the pastor is set to watch for the souls of his .flock. 
He must give account of them at the Last Day. 
How can he do this, if he does not know them as 
himself? 

It was never meant by Christ that his people 
should go on their way alone. His priests are pas- 
tors to them. The sheep should know their voice, 
and should follow them. Bach pastor ought to be 



50 THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

able to say, in truth : " I know my sheep, and am 
known of mine." 

Hear what St. Paul saith to his people : " There- 
fore, my brethren, dearly beloved and longed for, 
my joy and my crown, so stand fast in the Lord, 
my dearly beloved." See with what a kind heart, 
and with affection he speaks to them. Mark how 
he calls them his joy and crown. So are ye also 
to us, dear Christian souls. Ye to whom we preach, 
and for whom, night and day, we pray to the Great 
Shepherd of the flock, ye are also our joy and 
crown if ye stand fast in the faith, and abide in the 
knowledge and fear of the Lord. 

If you will follow this counsel in coming to your 
clergy, knowing them, and often speaking with 
them, you will find the way to Heaven made more 
sure and safe for your feet. "While you do well, 
they will cheer you on to do even better, and to 
aim at higher acts of faith and zeal. Should you 
be lukewarm, they will, by their words, kindle again 
your faith and zeal. Should you be in danger, they 
will warn you and bring you back. If you fall and 
sink into the slough of sin, they will go after you, 
and strive to draw you back to life and God. If 
you are ill, they will come to you as friends, and 
soothe you with a well-known voice, and feed you 
with the bread of life. It God should take you 
away, those whom you love are not left in this 



THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 51 

world without a friend; the minister of Christ 
will watch for them also, and save them from want. 
See, then, dear people, what we can do, if you 
will come to us without fear, and tell us your 
state and your wants. See how we can help you, 
and how you, by your walk of faith, can cheer us 
in our sad way of the Cross. So let us go hand 
in-hand toward the house of our Father and oui 
God. 

iv. fourth help. — the christian year. 

The Church Year, or Christian Year, begins 
with the first Sunday in Advent, and ends with 
the last of the Sundays after Trinity. 

It has six great times or seasons, to wit • 

Advent. 

Christmas tide. 

Lent. 

Easter tide. 

Whitsuntide. 

Trinity season. 

The Christian Year is made up of Feasts, Fasta 
ang* Common Days, 



52 THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

FEAST DAYS. 

A feast day is one in which we are to think of 
the love of God, His goodness, His mercy, in 
which we are to rejoice and give thanks. All 
Sundays in the year are Feast days. 

There are also six High Feast days in the year, 
to wit : Christmas Day, Epiphany, Easter, Ascen- 
sion Day, Whitsunday and Trinity Sunday. These 
days are bright, and good, and glorious — the joy 
of all the faithful, and the crown of the months 
and weeks. 

Among the Feasts are some which bear the 
names of saints, martyrs, apostles, evangelists and 
angels. The Church keeps these days for two 
reasons : 

1st. That she may show what she means by the 
Communion of the Saints. 

2d. Because the life of a saint of God is the 
most beautiful and lovely thing to be seen on 
the earth ; and that in which the power of the 
Almighty is most plainly set forth. It is not only 
the most beautiful thing, but also the highest and 
the best. The saints shall never fail. All else in 
the earth shall pass away to darkness, and be seen 
no more. The pride, the pomp, the vanity, the 
strength of man shall be brought low and cease. 
But the saints shall possess the kingdom of the 
Lord, and shine as the stars forever and ever. 



THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 53 

For this cause the Church keeps their days, to 
show you how good was their life, how blessed 
their end here, and how rich their reward in the 
world to come ; to lead you to love such a life, 
and wish to be what they were. For such a wish 
will bring you grace from God to fulfill it. 
" Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after 
righteousness, for they shall be filled." 



FAST DAYS. 

A Fast Day is one on which we are to think of 
our sins, and of the wrath of Almighty God against 
them ; of the woes that are sure to come on the 
wicked ; of the dread way in which pardon was 
bought for man after he fell; of the Blood of 
Jesus, His Cross and His pains and tears. All 
Fridays in the year are days of fasting. 

There are two days to be set apart and kept 
sacred for very deep and heavy grief for sin ; these 
are Ash- Wednesday and Good Friday. Let only 
some very great cause keep you from church on 
those days. 

In the Prayer Book is a Table of the Feasts and 
Fasts through all the year. 

I shall next give you some rules and forms for 
each one of the seasons and great days ; which use 
for Christ's sake, who hath loved us and bought 



54 THE CHURCH — THE SPIRITUAL LIFE. 

us with His Blood. But generally, of the whole 
Christian year, as it has now been briefly shown to 
you, let me say, that to live in it and by it, is the best 
way of serving the Lord. Keep these days. If 
you cannot leave off your work on all of them, 
never mind, so you hallow them at least in your 
heart. 0, children of the Church! live in the 
Church, love her holy ways, walk in her paths of 
peace, look not beyond. You have nought to do 
with those who are without, but to treat them kindly, 
do good to them, and pray for them. In the Holy 
Catholic Church you have your portion ; be con- 
tent ; give God thanks ; be at rest. Live by the 
Bible and the Prayer Book. Begin each day with 
prayer ; go forth to your work and to your labor 
until the evening ; lie down with the Eye of Jesus 
looking upon you, and the Holy Angels watching 
around. Do good in your time. Be sober, indus- 
trious, true, honest, kind. Fulfill your course. Lay 
hold on all the helps which the Lord puts within 
your reach to bring you to Heaven. So shall your 
walk be close with God; so shall you at length 
rest in Him. with the blessing of the Holy Church 
upon your grave; so shall you wake in the last 
great morning, to rise and go to your Father's 
House ; to be brought close to that Lord, of whose 
body you are a member, and from whose side you 
will never be parted ; to inherit the kingdom pre- 
pared for you from the beginning of the world. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR 



OF 



FEASTS AND FASTS, 



AND 



HOLY SEASONS; 

WITH OFFICES AND HYMNS FOR THE SAMfc. 



"To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly 
places might be known, by the Church, the manifold wisdom of God."— 
Ep?tesian8 iii. 10. 



<U, 



FORMS OF DEVOTION FOR CERTAIN HOLY DAYS AND 

SEASONS. 

ADVENT. 

Advent means coming. It is a season meant to 
bring to your mind two comings of our Lord 
Christ ; the first, His coming into this world a in 
great humility," when he was born of the Blessed 
Virgin to a life of care, and a cruel death. The 
second, His coming at the Last Day, " in glorious 
majesty to judge the world." 

You must then use this season, 

1st. To prepare to keep Christmas, the Birthday 
of Christ. 

2d. To prepare for the time when you must 
stand before Him and be judged, 

thoughts for advent. 

"The Day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in 
the night." 

" At midnight there was a cry made : Behold, 
the Bridegroom cometh ; go ye out to meet him." 

If I am in any sin now which keeps me away 
from Christ and from the thought of Him, how 
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58 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

shall I bear to meet Him, then, in all His glory 
and power ? 

If I cannot now rightly draw near to Him at 
His altar, where I do not see Him, though He is of a 
truth there, how much less shall I be able to meet 
Him face to face before His judgment throne ? 

If I am not looking for His coming, I shall not 
be ready for it. He will come when men think 
not. When He comes, the Judgment begins. 

PRACTICE. 

1. Bear any trouble, or do any hard work, or 
take any pleasure, with little care, saying to your- 
self: 

It is not long — Christ comes quickly. 

2. Think, speak, and act, remembering the Judg- 
ment Day. 

3. Add this to your evening prayers : 
Blessed Jesus, prepare Thy way before Thee. 
Lord, have mercy on me, in that great and awful 

Day. 

Lord, grant me to be found watching when 
Thou comest. 

On Thursday night, or some other, kneel and say 
this that follows, while in thy heart thou seest the 
throne of Judgm,ent set, and the books opened, and 
multitudes standing in the Valley of Decision, and the 
holy Angels looking on, and the Eye of God piercing 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR, 59 

thee through, and thyself naked and helpless before the 
Judge of all the Earth . 

Holy, Ever-Blessed Trinity, God of penitents, 
And Saviour of sinners, 
I have sinned before Thee, Lord, 
And thus and thus {naming your chief sins) 
have I done. 
Alas ! alas ! woe is me ! 
How fearful is Thy judgment, Lord! 
When the thrones are set, 
And Angels stand around, 
And men are brought in, 
The books opened, 

The works tried which each hath done, 
The hidden things made known ; 
Yea, those things which I did, 
0, wretched one that I am, 
Those things which I did as if none saw me • 
And Satan accusing, 
And my conscience condemning, 
And I without excuse, 
And lost forever, 
Yea, forever, 
Forever and ever, 
Unless Thou have mercy, 
Mercy beyond all thought, 
Mercy that I deserve not. 



60 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

But Thou, 
Thou art my hope, 
My only hope. 
O, Love of the Father, save me ! 
O, Blood of the Son, save me ! 
0, Pleadings of the Spirit, save me! 
Snatch me even now, Lord, 
from my sins. 
Save me, O Christ, 
From the worm that dieth not, 
From the fire that is not quenched, 
From the darkness and the chains. 
Lord, have mercy upon me ; 
Christ, have mercy upon me; 
Lord, have mercy upon me ; 

PSALMS FOR ADVENT; FROM THE PSALTER. 

1st, 7th, 11th, 37th, 96th, 97th. 

SCRIPTURE LESSONS FOR ADVENT. 

Malachi 3d and 4th chapters ; St. Matthew 25th 
chapter; St. Peter 3d chapter; Kevelation 20th 
chapter. 

ADVENT HYMN. 

Lo ! He comes, in clouds descending, 

Once on earth for sinners slain ; 
Thousand, thousand saints attending, 

Swell the triumph of his train, 
Hallelujah ! 
Jesus comes on earth to reign. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 61 

Every eye shall now behold Him, 

Robed in dreadful majesty ; 
Those who set at nought and sold Him, 

Pierced and nailed Him to the tree, 
Deeply wailing, 

Shall the true Messiah see- 

Those dear tokens of His Passion, 

Still His dazzling Body bears ; 
Cause of endless exultation, 

To His ransomed worshippers ; 
Still with rapture 

Gaze they on those glorious scars. 

See Redemption, long expected, 

Now in solemn pomp appear ; 
All His saints, by men rejected, 

Rise to meet him in the air. 
Halleluj ah ! 

See the Son op God appear ! 

Yea, Amen ! let all adore Thee, 

High on Thine eternal throne ! 
Saviour, take Thy power and glory, 

Claim the kingdoms for Thine own ! 
come quickly I 

Hallelujah! Amen. 



PEAST OF THE NATIVITY, OR CHRISTMAS DAY. 

This is the day on which Christ the Saviour 
was born. It is to be kept with joy and gladness. 



62 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

Do no work. Go to church. Eeceive the Blessed 
Sacrament, praising Him who came into the world 
to redeem you. 

Be full of holy love to God and man. Do some 
,rork of Charity to any one whom you know to be 
n need of it. Eejoice unto the Lord all day long, 
and give thanks to the Father, who sent His Son 
to be made man ; to the Son, who was born of the 
Virgin Mary ; to the Holy Ghost, by whom He 
was conceived.* 

THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY. 

The Son of God became the Son of Man, that 
we might become the sons of God. 

Am I like a child of God ? 

The Son of God, who made all things, who is 
Lord of Angels, and of all creation, humbled Him- 
self to become man, and to be born in a manger. 

Am I humble ? 

Am I content with poverty ? 

Do I love it for Christ's sake ? 

The Birth of Christ was the ne^ birth of man. 
Old things have passed away. Behold all things 
have become new. 

DEVOTIONS. 

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 



THB CHRISTIAN YEAR. 63 

This is the Day which the Lord hath made ; 
We will rejoice and be glad in it. 

Jesus, everlasting Son of God, 

We praise Thy Holy Name ; 

Jesus, born of a virgin, to save us, 

We laud and bless Thee. 

praise the Lord of Heaven ; praise Him in the 

height, 
Praise Him all ye angels of His ; praise Him all 

His host. 
joyful tidings of the Angel's mouth ! Behold 
to us was born, this day, a Saviour, which is 
Christ the Lord. Amen. Alleluia! 

O wonderful sign ! The King of Heaven and 
Earth is found, wrapped in swaddling clothes, ^°d 
laid in a manger. Even so. Amen. 

HYMN. 

No more sadness now, nor fasting, 

Now we put our grief away ; 
God came down, the Everlasting, 

Taking human flesh to-day. 
God came down on earth a stranger, 

Working out His mighty plan ; 
God was cradled in a manger, 

Very God and very man. 

There were shepherds once abiding, 
In the field to watch by night ; 



64 THE CHRISTIAN TEAR. 

And they saw the clouds dividing, 
And the sky above was bright. 

And a glory shone around them, 
On the grass as they were laid ; 

And a holy Angel found them, 
And their hearts were sore afraid. 



* Fear ye not," he said, " for cheerful, 

Are the tidings that I bring, 
Unto you, so weak and fearful, 

Christ is born, the Lord and King." 
As the Angel told the story, 

Of the Saviour's lowly birth, 
Sang they high in heaven, " Glory 

To our God, and peace on earth." 

Since Thy love for our salvation, 

Saviour, covered Thee with shame, 
Let Thy Church, in every nation, 

Sing the glory of Thy name. 
Let Thy Holy Spirit make us, 

Full of lowliness and love, 
Like Thyself, until Thou take us, 

To our Father's House above. 



Kneel down and say : 

I adore, I praise and glorify Thee, and I give 
thanks unto Thee, Son of the living God, most 
gracious Jesus ; who for me did vouchsafe to be 
born a feeble Infant in a stable, and to be laid in a 
manger. Thou didst become poor and weak that 
Thou mightest make me rich. 



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Behold, I fall down in body and soul before 

Thee, and adore Thee, my Lord and King of 

Angels. Hail, Holy Child, God Most High, Most 

\ Gracious Jesus. Hail, Prince of Peace, Light of 

the nations, and long-desired Saviour. 

Grant us, Lord, we beseech Thee, with devoul 
affection to receive this first humble rising of the 
Sun of Kighteousness, that we may follow Him 
through the whole painful course of His life, which 
like a giant He rejoiced to run, enlightening the 
world with Thy truth, and inflaming it with Thy 
love, till in the end we arrive at His eternal rest ; 
through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

Stand up and say, 

Glory be to the Father, &c. 
Glory be to God on high, and on earth peace, 
good- will towards man. Alleluia. 



FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY, 
OR MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES 

At the first God was only the God of the Jews, 
but now in His Blessed Son He has made Himself 



66 THE CHRISTIAN TEAR. 

the God of the Gentiles also, even of us lost sin- 
ners. For, on this day, Christ showed Himself 
to the wise men who travelled from a far country 
by the guidance of a star until they came to the 
manger where He lay: when they offered gifts 
unto Him and worshipped. 

Prayer. 

Blessed Jesus, who didst manifest Thyself to 
them that sought Thee, by the leading of a star, 
show Thy heavenly light to us, and give us grace 
to follow until we find Thee ; finding, to rejoice in 
Thee; rejoicing to present to Thee ourselves, our 
souls and bodies, for Thy service. Amen. 

Think also on this day of the glory of the Church. 
For Christ shall come as her Lord and King 
to reign in her in power and great glory, and the 
earth shall be full of His majesty, and Satan shall 
be forever cast out. Pray for the coming of that 
day of triumph and victory of the Holy Catholic 
Church ; and say what follows : 

The Lord is king, and hath put on glorious ap- 
parel: The Lord hath put on His apparel and 
girded Himself with strength. 

May it please Thee, Lord, 

Shortly to fulfil the number of Thine elect and to 

hasten Thy kingdom. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 67 

HYMNS FOR EPIPHANY SEASON. 

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, 
Dawn on our darkness, and lend ns Thine aid ; 

Star of the East, the horizon adorning, 
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid. 

Cold on his cradle the dew-drops are shining, 
Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall ; 

Angels adore Him in slumber reclining, 
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all. 

Offer Him gifts then, in costly devotion, 

Odors of Eden, and incense divine ; 
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, 

Myrrh from the iorest, and gold from the mine. 

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning, 
Dawn on our darkness and lend us Thine aid ; 

8tar of the East, the horizon adorning, 
Guide where our Infant Redeemer is laid. 

Psalm cxxii. 

The Church in Glory. 

With joy shall I behold the day 
That calls my willing soul away, 

To dwell among the blest : 
For lo ! my great Redeemer's power 
Unfolds the everlasting door, 

And points me to His rest. 

Even now, to my expecting eyes 
The heaven-built towers of Salem riw ; 
Their glory I survey ; 



68 THE CHRISTIAN YEAB. 

I view her mansions that contain 

The angel host, a beauteous train, 

And shine with cloudless day. 

Thither, from earth's remotest end, 
Lo ! the redeemed of God ascend, 

Borne on immortal wing ; 
There, crown'd with everlasting joy, 
In ceaseless hymns their tongues employ, 

Before th' Almighty King. 

The king a seat hath there prepared, 
High on eternal base uprear'd, 

For His eternal Son : 
His palaces with joy abound ; 
His saints by Him with glory crown'd, 
* Attend and share His throne. 

Mother of cities ! o'er thy head 

Bright peace with healing wings outspread, 

For evermore shall dwell : 
Let me, blest seat ! my name behold 
Among thy citizens enroll 'd, 

And bid the world farewell. 



LENT. 



Lent is a period of about six weucs before 
Easter. 

It is a time of the year set apart for us to repeat 
of sin, and sorrow for it ; to remember Christ's 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 69 

suffe rings and death; and to change our life, and 
fast, and deny ourselves in all ways. 

Lent begins on Ash- Wednesday, and ends on 
Easter-Even. 

Be sure to go to Church as often as you can in 
Lent ; and be very careful in all your religious 
duties. 

FIVE GREAT DUTIES OF LENT. 

1st. Self- Examination. — Of the whole past life, 
and especially of the actions of the year 
since the last Lent. 

2d. Confession. — As in the forms in the Prayer- 
Book, and in this Manual. 

3d. Stricter Life. — Eeflecting that Christ spent 
these forty days in the desert with the 
wild beasts. 

4th. Fasting and self Denial. — Being very spar- 
ing both in meat and drink ; and especi- 
al]y every Wednesday and Friday, and in 
Holy Week : denying yourself pleasant 
things : wearing no new or gay clothes : 
bearing all trials patiently : praying more 
often, and watching your tongue, your 
thoughts, your temper, very closely. 

5th. Works of Mercy and Charity. — Such as 
visiting sick friends ; saving as much as 
possible to give to the collections iu 
1 



70 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

church ; going to Divine service as often 
as you can, .and doing everything to help 
and benefit your neighbors. 

SCRIPTURE READING. 

Choose for your reading when you have time : 

1. Lamentations of Jeremiah. 

2. Isaiah, chapter 52d, from 13th verse, 

and chapter 53d. 

3. Daniel, chapter 9th. 

4. The Book of Job. 

THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 

You should read these very often in Lent, 
Take them as follows : 

On Mondays read the 6th. 
" Tuesdays " " . 32d. 
" Wednesdays " 38th. 
" Thursdays " 102d. 

11 Fridays " 51st and 130th. 

" Saturdays « 143d. 

HYMNS. 

The Prayer-Book hymns best for Lent are these • 
the 13th, 14th, 56th, 60th, 135th. Besices these, 
some others are given you beyond. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 71 



REMEMBER : 



That the more you humble yourself in Lent, the 
more glad you will be made by Easter when it 
comes : 

That they who mourn for sin here are blest, for 
the Lord will comfort them : 

That you may not live to see another Lent, and 
Should therefore take care to spend this one aright. 



ASH-WEDNESDAY. 

Rise early for prayer. Fast from one meal or 

tivo, as you can. Consider your sins, omissions and 

commissions. Go silent and thoughtful all the day 
through. 

DEVOTIONS. 

Lord, deal not with us after our sins : 

Neither reward us after our iniquities. 

Lord, remember not our old sins : 

Have nercy upon us soon, for we are brought 

very low 
Help us, God our Saviour ; 
And for the glory of Thy Name deliver us, 
Lord ; and be merciful unto our sins for Thy 

■■lame's sake. 



72 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

Lord, cleanse Thou me from my secret faults : 
Keep Thy servant also from presumptuous sins. 

God, who castest not away the greatest sinner, 
but i n loving pity art reconciled to him by penitence, 
mercifully regard our lowly supplications, and give 
us strength to fulfil Thy commandments. Amen. 

GrOD ; who clesirest not the death of sinners but 
their repentance, most mercifully regard the weak- 
ness of our mortal nature, and strengthen us by 
Thy goodness, that of Thy Infinite mercy we may 
obtain pardon for our sins, steadfastness in Thy 
service, and finally enjoy the rewards promised to 
those who persevere unto the end; through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 



HOLY WEEK. 

This is the last week in Lent, and ends our prep- 
aration for Easter 

The first day is Palm Sunday, on which our 
Lord rode into Jerusalem on an ass, and the people 
strewed branches and spread garments in the way, 
and the men and children cried Hosanna to Him. 

But as He came in sight of Jerusalem He wept 



THE CHRISTIAN \EAR. 73 

over it ; and when He arrived at the city, many 
were angry with those who sang His praises. 

Therefore think with thyself, if Jesus were to 
come, would He weep over thee, finding thee in 
hopeless sin ? 

Wouldst thou be glad to receive Him ? 

Art thou ready to receive Him ? 

On this day He came as a man, but soon Ho win 
come in the clouds, with all His holy Angels, Judge 
of quick and dead ; hast thou received Him now so 
that that thou canst meet Him then ? 

Collect 

holy Jesus, who now dost come to my soul 
without Thy glory, lest I should faint and die; 
grant me so to receive Thee, and ever to possess 
Thee, that in the great and terrible day I may re- 
joice at Thy appearance, and sing Hosanna with 
Thy redeemed, saying : 

Blessed is He that cometh in the name of tha 
Lord. Amen. 

MONDAY IN HOLY- WEEK. 

As the Lord w r ent into the city in the morning 
of this day, He cursed the fruitless fig-tree, and 
going into the Temple, He cast out all that bought 
and sold, saying, My House shall be called the 
House of Praver. 



74 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

But hast not thou, my soul, borne leaves and 
not fruit, fair words and show, but not deeds ? 

And hast diou made God's house truly a house 
of prayer, not bringing worldly thoughts therein ? 

And the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is 
hyself, hast thou filled it with covetous desires 
and evil thoughts ? 

Collects. 
holy and merciful Saviour, Thou most worthy 
Judge Eternal, who as on this day didst curse the 
fig-tree bearing leaves and not fruit, take away 
from me all hollow, vain, and false show, and make 
me plenteously to bring forth the fruit of good 
works, and of Thee to be plenteously rewarded, 
through Thy merits, who with the Father and 
the Holy Ghost, livest and reignest ever one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

merciful Jesus, who, with holy zeal, didst 
clernse Thy Temple, and cast out everything that 
defiled; purge Thy Church from all worldly 
works, and cleanse the hearts of Thy people from 
all things that offend, that we may be a holy tem- 
ple unto Thee. Amen. 

TUESDAY IN HOLY-WEEK. 

On this day the Lord taught for the last time 
in the Temple All day long His enemies watched 



THE CHRISTIAN YKAR 75 

Him and laid snares for His life. He spake many 
holy parables, and at last He left the Temple for- 
ever; and then sitting down "upon the Mount of 
Olives, He taught His disciples about the Judg- 
ment which was soon coming on the guilty city, 
and at the end of the world upon all the earth. 
my soul, dost thou resist Christ's teachings } 
Will He forsake thee and leave thee in thy sins ? 
Dost thou look for the end, and art thou ready 
to leave all things to save thy soul ? 

Collects. 

Blessed Jesus, who as on this day didst bear 
such contradiction of sinners, grant to us. Thy 
servants, not to wish to be above our Master, but 
to be as our Master, even like Thee, our only 
Lord and Saviour. Amen. 

Holy Jesus, Light of Light, the Way, the 
Truth, and the Life, grant us never to resist Thy 
blessed Word, but ever to hear when Thou dost 
speak, and to obey when we have heard. Amen. 

most merciful Jesus, who as on this day didst 
leave Thy Temple, and foretelling that not one 
stone should be left upon another, didst declare 
that Thine ancient Church should see Thy face no 



76 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

more; maico us lo know the day of our visitation; 
and never forsake us, lest we perish ; but build up 
the waste places of Thy Church, and these our sin- 
ful souls, through Thy mercy, who with the 
Father and the Spirit, livest and reignest one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

WEDNESDAY IN HOLY-WEEK. 

This day the Lord of Heaven and earth was be- 
trayed by His own disciple Judas, to whom He 
had been so gracious, and sold for thirty pieces of 
silver, the value of a slave. 

What more can be said against covetousness, or 
the awful danger of harboring any bosom sin? 
And who shall feel safe when not even all the 
twelve Apostles were saved ? 

Eesolve then, by God's help, 

To cast out thy bosom sin, 

To be content with such things as thou hast. 

Collects. 

Blessed Jesus, who as on this day wast sold into 
the hands of wick ?d men to redeem us from sin and 
death, root out of us the love of money, and make 
us content with such things as we have, through 
Thy merits, who with the Father and the Holy 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 77 

Ghost, livest and reignest ever one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

Blessed Jesus, who wast betrayed by Thine own 
familiar friend, grant us never to be false to Thee, 
but loving Thee above all things, to persevere unk 
the end, and to be found in the number of Thine 
elect, through Thy mercy, who with the Father 
and the Holy Ghost, litest and reignest, ever 
one God, world without end. Amen. 

THURSDAY IN HOLY- WEEK. 

On the evening of this day the Lord washed 
the Disciples' feet, and then instituted the Sacra- 
ment of His Body and Blood, and gave His last 
teaching to His Apostles, leaving us His peace, 
and a new Commandment, to love one another, 
and a promise of glory. 

But hast thou been ready to stoop down and 
wait on others? 

How much of thy sinful life didst thou spend 
before thou didst obey thy Lord's loving com- 
mand, "Do this in remembrance of Me" ? 

And since thou didst begin to communicate, hast 
thou not been very cold, and sinned much, being 
mere like a dead than a living branch of Him ? 



78 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

Hast thou loved thy brethren as Christ ioved 
thee? 

Hast thou preserved Christ's peace in thyself 
and with others ? 

Collects, 

Blessed Lord, who as on this day didst wash the 
feet of Thy Disciples, grant us also to be ready to 
wash one another's feet, and gladly to minister to 
our brethren with great humility and love. Amen 

Holy Jesus, who didst wash Thy Apostles' feet 
before the institution of the Sacrament of Thy most 
Holy Body and Blood, grant us never to approach 
with unclean hands, but washed with tears of true 
repentance, and purged from an earthly mind, so 
to come to Thine Altar in innocence. Amen. 

By the wonderful mystery of Thy Holy Body 
and precious Blood, on the evening of this day 
appointed, 

Good Lord, have mercy on us. 

GOOD FRIDAY. 

This is a day of dread, the most awful, the most 
blessed ; full of fear and sorrow, full of hope and 
comfort. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 79 

For very early in the morning, and scarce past 
midnight, our Saviour suffered His dreadful agony 
in the garden ; and prayed whilst His Disciples 
slept ; and bore the kiss of Judas ; and was seized 
by His enemies ; and was forsaken by His friends 
He was taken to the house of Annas, and put in 
bonds; then led away from Caiaphas; tried by the 
Jews ; denied by St. Peter ; falsely accused, con- 
demned, smitten, and buffeted ; then carried away to 
Pilate ; and before him accused again ; sent to Herod 
and mocked by him ; sent back to have a murderer 
preferred before Him by his own nation; con- 
demned to die ; stripped and scourged until the 
blood ran down from His mangled Sides and Back. 
A crown of thorns was put upon Him ; and He was 
smitten on the Head, and spit upon, and mocked, 
and led away to be crucified, bearing His own Cross 
until He could bear it no longer. On Calvary He 
was stripped of His clothes and nailed to the Cross ; 
and then His Cross was dropped, with a terrible 
shock, into the hole made for it ; and He was left, 
crucified between two thieves, to die. 

These things were done before the hour of nine. 

.Now since all this was for us ; since all this shame 
and agony was due to us, shall we forget it, and be 
cold and impenitent all this while ? Shall we not 
rise up early, and fast, and weep, and pray, when 
we think of these things ? Shall we not repent of 



80 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

the sins "which crucified Christ, and watch Him 
in our hearts, until we know more of our great 
sins, and His unspeakable love? 

PRAYERS BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK, 

Our Father, &o. 

Lord have mercy upon us ; 
Christ have mercy upon us ; 
Lord have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, praying in the garden, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, sweating great drops of blood, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, bound and brought before Annas and 
Caiaphas, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, blindfolded and smitten on Thy holy Face, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, brought before Pilate, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, sent unto Herod, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, set at nought by the men of war, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, preferred after Barabbas, 

Have mercy upon us. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 81 

Jesus, given up to the Jews to be crucified, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, crowned with sharp-pointed thorns, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, clad m purple, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, led forth to the gaze of the multitude, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, meekly hearing the sentence of death, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, going forth bearing Thy Cross, 

Have mercy upon ua 
Jesus fastened thereto with cruel nails, 

Have mercy upon us. 
Jesus, pouring forth Thy sacred blood, 

Have mercy upon us. 

THE PASSION OF OUR LORD: 

Between the hours of Nine and Twelve. 

When the Lord was hanging upon the Cross, 
the soldiers parted His garments, and cast lots for 
His vesture. The priests, and people, and passers 
by, mocked Him as He hung: but He rebuked 
them not. He had only spoken once, and that was 
when they were nailing Him to the Cross, or fixing 
it in the ground, and then He said, " Father, for- 
give them, for they know not what they do." And, 
8 



S2 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

now Jesus forgave the penitent thief, having power 
in heaven and earth even upon the Cross ; and being 
full of love and feeling for others in the midst of 
His own agonies, He said, "Verily I say unto 
thee, to-day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.' 
Not long after the Lord beheld His Mother and 
His beloved disciple St. John standing by the Cross, 
and spake again, saying to the Blessed Virgin, 
" Behold thy son"; to St. John, "Behold thy 
mother" ; providing a home for His earthly parent 
and feeling for her even at such a time. 

And then darkness came over the earth. For 
how could the sun shine, when the Sun of Eight- 
eousness was being overclouded in death ? Heav- 
en could not look on such a deed of darkness. 

Yet it was our sin which crucified the Lord of 
glory. Ours was the shame : ours should have been 
the sorrow. wonderful love, that He should 
have had the suffering, and we the salvation ! 

Devotions on the First Saying of our Lord on the 

Cross. 

Father, forgive us. Alas ! we knew not what 
we did when we sinned so much against Thee. 

teach us, Holy Jesus, to forgive and love 
after the pattern of Thy marvelous mercy. 



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On the Second Saying. 

Blessed Jesus, who didst give to the thief upon 
the cross both penitence and pardon, help ns to 
repent and believe, and to confess Thee in shame 
and pain and death, and finally to come to Thine 
everlasting kingdom. 

On the Third Saying, 

Blessed Jesus, who from Thy Cross didst bid 
Thy disciple take Thy mother into his own home: 
may Thy Church always be the home of the af- 
flicted, and may we be tender and dutiful to our 
relations and the aged. 

THE PASSION OF THE LORD, FROM TWELVE O'CLOCK 
TO THREE O'CLOCK, 

At the ninth hour, or three o'clock, Jesus cried 
with a loud voice, " My God My God, why hast 
Thou forsaken Me ?" So awful was the wrath of 
God which He bore for us. 

And then being tortured with the thirst caused 
by His wounds, He cried, "I thirst!" but they 
gave Him vinegar to drink. 

And when the time of the end drew near, He 
said, "It is finished !" His sufferings and our sal- 
vation were complete : and bowing His head, and 



84 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

crying with a loud voice, to show that lie laid 
down His life Himself, so lie gave up the Glmst, 
saying, " FATHER, into Thy Hands I commend My 
Spirit." JESUS died. The Lord of life died, tha 
we might live. 

Devotions upon the Fourth Saying. 

Lord, forsake us not. Carest Thou not that 
we perish ? We have forsaken Thee, but deprive 
us never of Thy grace, nor of Thy comfort, lest 
we come to nothing. 

On the Fifth Saying. 

Blessed Lord, who on the Cross didst thirst for 
our salvation, grant us never to come where we 
shall long in vain for one drop of cold water to 
cool our tongue ; but thirsting here after righteous- 
ness, may we hereafter drink of Thy pleasures as 
out of a river. 

On the Sixth Saying. 

Blessed Jesus, finish Thou Thy work in us and 
by us before we die. 

On the Seventh Saying. 
Father, into Thy hands we commend our spirits. 



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May we die to the world and to sin now, and live 
to holiness and Thee forever, through His merits 
who died upon the Cross for us, Thy Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 

ANCIENT PRAYERS UPON THE PASSION OF CHRIST. 

I. 

I adore Thee, Holy Jesus, hanging upon the 
Cross, and bearing on Thy venerable Head a crown 
of thorns ; and I humbly beg by thy Cross to be 
delivered from the destroying angel. 

II. 

'I adore Thee, Holy Lord Jesus, stretched upon 
the Cross, with five great wounds in Thy nailed 
Hands, and Feet, and pierced Side; and I humbly 
beg that Thy sad and ghastly wounds may be the 
healing medicine of my sin-sick soul. 

III. 

I adore Thee, Holy Lord Jesus, panting under 
the sad weight of the sins of the world; and I 
humbly beg, by that bitterness of sorrow ) which 
Thy innocent soul suffered in that moment when 
It left the Body ; have mercy upon my soul in the 
moment of her departure hence. 



86 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

IV. 

I adore Thee, Holy Lord Jesus, laid in the 
sepulchre, and anointed with myrrh and aloes; 
and I humbly beg that Thy death may be the lifa 
of my soul. 

V. 

most Holy Jesus, Good Shepherd, who didst 
Jay down Thy life for Thy sheep, save and pre- 
serve the righteous, call home the wicked, justify 
the penitent, have mercy upon all true believers, 
and upon me a miserable sinner. Amen. 

FROM AFTER THREE ON GOOD FRIDAY. 

When the Lord spake for the last time, the veil 
of the Temple was rent, and the graves opened, 
whereby it was shown that Heaven was opened, and 
that the grave had lost its victory. Then the sol- 
diers, coming to kill those who were hanging upon 
he Cross, in order that none might die such a death 
apon the great Sabbath of the Passover, found the 
thieves living, but the Lord dead. Nevertheless, 
one pierced His side with a spear, and thereout 
came Blood and Water, figures of the two Sacra- 
ments, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord. Then 
Joseph of Arimathea grew bold, and begged the 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 87 

Body of Jesus from Pilate, and took It down, al) 
mangled as It was, torn with the scourges, bruised 
by the reed, wasted with fasting, bloody from the 
wounds ; this sacred Body of Jesus, so marred that 
one could scarce know It again, he took down, and 
with Nicodemus, laid It in his own new tomb close 
by, wound in myrrh and aloes. There they laid 
the Lord of Life, the Lord of Life lying cold in 
. the tomb : and Mary Magdalene and the other 
Mary watched. But the Spirit of the Lord Jesus 
went down to the place of the dead, and the peni- 
tent thief with Him. 



THE PRAYER. 

Jesus, Eefuge of the afflicted, who for our 
sakes, having become obedient unto death, didst 
rest at the evening hour in Thy grave : grant that 
neither in life nor in death we be separated from 
Thee, but that when we die and are taken hence, 
we may be found worthy to rest in Thee and obtain 
Thy mercy at the last : who livest with the Father 
and the Holy Grhost, forever and ever. Amen 

HYMN. 

Christ, of Saints and Angels Lord, 
This world's light, in Heaven adored, 
Way and truth and life to all : 



38 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

Peace and health to every son, 
Whom Thy dying love hath won, 
Man of Sorrows, Thee I call. 

Open, Lord, Thy heart's deep cell, 
Thon who know'st where mine doth dwell — 
There, from Thee ere Hell can tear me, 
World, or flesh, or fiend ensnare me, 

Shrine my heart an offering free. 
Panting for that refuge blest, 
Where this restless heart may rest : 
Nought save Jesus would I know, 
Nought desire of things below, 

Nothing love, dear Lord, but Thee. 

And when Death's dread port is near, 
Then my sheltering Rock appear : 
In that last o'erwhelming hour, 
Haste with Thy all-saving power, 

With Thy steadfast anchor come 
Oh, when Thou shalt call me hence, 
Jesu! rise, my soul's Defence ! 
Let Thy mercy's bow surround me, 
Not Thy Judgment's blaze confound me, 

Spare my deeds their righteous doom. 



EASTER-EVE. 



The Body of the Lord was still in the grave for 
us men ; His soul still in the place of spirits for us 

Think, therefore, upon death, and prepare for & 

Say often : 



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Lord, teach me to number my days* 

Holy Jesus, may Thy death be my life. 

May I die to the world, and live unto Thee. 

Behold, I am baptized into the death of Jesus 
Christ, and all the world is dead to me, and I to 
the world 

Say also the Collect of the Day, and the following : 

God, who hast willed that we who are ap- 
pointed to death should know neither the day nor 
the hour thereof; grant to us Thy servants, that 
we may walk before Thee in holiness and right- 
eousness all our days, and finally depart in peace, 
and die in the Lord, through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 

HYMN FOR EASTER EVEN. 

Resting from His work to-day, 
In the tomb the Saviour lay : 
Still He sleeps, from Head to Feet 
Shrouded in the winding-sheet, 
In the rocky tomb alone, 
Hidden by the sealed stone. 

Late at even there was seen, 
Watching long, the Magdalene ; 
Early rose, as rested late, 
By the sepulchre to wait, 
In the holy garden glade, 
Where her buried Lord was laid. 



90 THE CHRISTIAN TEAR. 

So with Thee, till life shall end, 
I would solemn vigil spend ; 
Let me hew Thee, Lord, a shrine, 
In this stony heart of mine ; 
Where, in pure embalmed cell, 
None but Thou may ever dwell. 

Myrrh and spices will I bring, 

True affection's offering ; 

Close the door from sight and sound 

Of the busy world around ; 

And in patient watch remain, 

Till my Lord appear again. — Amen 



EASTER DAY. 

This is the day of days ; this is the great Feast 
of .he whole year. This is the Morning of Salva- 
tion, and the Queen of all times and seasons. 

On this day, shortly past midnight, Jesus 
Christ, the Lord of Glory, rose from the dead. 
He rose because it was not possible for Him to be 
held of Death. He rose, because God the Father 
had said that His Soul should not be left in the 
place of departed spirits, and that His Body should 
not see corruption. He rose to give life to the 
world, and to make it sure that they who believe 
in Him, and truly serve Him, shall at last rise 
from their graves, and like Him have the victory 
over Death and Hell. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 91 

Our Lord is not now dead. He is the Living 
God. He is the life of the world in His Besurrec- 
tion. All who are baptized into Him, are members 
of His Body ; and receive grace from that Flesh 
which rose from the grave, and which is in glory 
and great power in heaven. 

Therefore rejoice on Easter-day more than at 
any other time of the year. Eejoice in pardon. Ee- 
joice in being freed from the power of sin. Kejoice 
in the hope of your own resurrection. Let no 
earthly care be on your brow this day. Let no 
angry, restless thought be in your mind. Go to 
the House of God, and lift up your heart. Above 
all, be sure to join with all your soul, and with all 
your strength in the service of the Holy Sacrament 
by which the Lord makes us sharers in His Besur- 
rection, and gives immortality to our souls and 
bodies. For the Body and Blood of Christ, which 
we then eat and drink, are not those of one who 
is dead, but of Him who lives for evermore. 

DEVOTIONS FOR EASTER-DAY. 

Morning. 

Rise as early as you can, to praise Him who arose 
before daion and left His tomb; and whose grave 
the holy women found empty when they came to it 
very early at the rising of the sun. Stand and 
say, 



92 THE CHRISTIAN TEAB. 

Christ is risen : 
The Lord is risen indeed. 
Christ, being raised from the dead, dieth no more 
Death hath no more dominion over Him. 
Amen. Alleluia. 
Therefore, rejoice, ye Heavens ; 
And let all the Earth be glad. 
Alleluia. Amen, 
Christ is risen from the dead : 
And become the First-Fruits of them that slept. 
Great and marvelous are Thy works, 
Lord God Almighty : 
Just and true are Thy ways, 
Thou King of Saints. 
Who shall not fear Thee, and glorify Thy Name t 
For Thou only art holy, Thou only art the Lord: 
Thou only, Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art 
most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 

Kneel down and say, 
Our Father, &c 

Blessed Jesus, who didst burst the doors of th 
graye, and rise from the dead : Eoll away the ston 
from our hearts, that we may rise with Thee". Amen 

Blessed Jesus, whom the holy women sought 
very early in the morning, grant us also to seek 
Thee from the first. Ameru 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 93 

Blessed Jesus, who wast sought by Thy penitent 
Mary, who would not be comforted until she had 
founi Thee, grant us also never to rest until we 
have found Thee ; and finding Thee, never to lose 
Thee, until we ascend unto the Father. Amen. 

Blessed Lord, whose holy Apostles ran to seek 
Thee, grant us to run the way of Thy Command- 
ments, and be guided by Thy Holy Angels. Amen, 

HYMN. 

sons and daughters of the King, 
The Lord of Heaven this day we sing 
Whose rising makes creation ring. 

Alleluia I 

On the first morning of the week, 
Before the day began to break, 
They went their buried Lord to seek. 

Alleluia I 

The holy women, faithful three, 
Soon as the Sabbath set them free, 
To embalm His Corpse came lovingly. 

Alleluia ! 

An Angel clad in white was he, 
That sat and spake unto the three, 
"Your Lord is gone to Galilee." 

Alleluia ! 

The dearly-loved Apostle, John, 
Ran foremost : Peter following on, 

First entered in but Christ was gone! 

Alleluia ! 
9 



94 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

That night the Apostles met in fear ; — 
Amidst them came their Lord most dear, 
And said, " Peace be unto all here." 

Alleluia I 

But Thomas, when he after heard 
That Jesus had fulfilled His word, 
Still doubted if it were the Lord. 

Alleluia ! 

"Thomas, behold My Side," saith He, 
"My Hands, My Feet, My Body see, 
And doubt not, but believe in Me." 

Alleluia ! 

He saw the Feet, the Hands, the Side I 
No longer Thomas then denied ; 
"Thou art my Lord and God!" he cried. 

Alleluia ! 

Blessed are they who have not seen, 
While yet their faith has constant been ; 
In life eternal they shall reign. 

Alleluia I 

In this most holy day of days, 
Be laud, and jubilee, and praise ; 
To God both hearts and voices raise. 

Alleluia I 

Our humble thanks to God we pay, 
For all His gifts, this blessed day — 
Gifts more than any tongue can say. 

Alleluia ! 

Go as soon as possible to Church. Make haste 
to give thanks to Christ and to Gop. Eeceive the 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 95 

Blessed Sacrament with the deepest delight and 

joy- 

During the day say, 

I adore, I praise and give thanks to Thee, 
Jesus, Son of the livings God, who for me didst 
rise from the dead, and after forty days ascend, in 
the sight of Thy disciples, into heaven, and didst 
send the Holy Ghost upon them ; have mercy upon 
me, Lord my God, and grant that, rising from 
my sins, I may walk before Thee in newness of life ; 
and being daily renewed by Thy Holy Spirit, and 
filled by His Presence, I may serve Thee with a 
pure and steadfast heart, until I come to Thy hea- 
venly kingdom. Amen. 

EVENING. 

Thou art worthy, Lord, to receive glory, 
and honor, and power : for Thou hast created all 
things, and for Thy pleasure they are, and were 
created. 
By wicked hands they crucified and slew the Lord : 

But God hath raised Him up. 
They denied the Holy One, and killed the Prince 

of Life : 

But God hath raised Him from the dead. 

Glory be to Thee, Lord, glory be to Thee e . 

For Thou wast dead, 



96 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

But behold Thou art alive again for evermore, 

Amen; 
And hast the keys of Hell and Death. 
Blessing and honor, and glory and power, b« 
unto Him that sitteth upon the Throne, and unU 
the Lamb forever and ever. Amen. 

HYMN. 

With gentle voice the Angel gave 
The women tidings at the grave ; 
Forthwith your master shall you see : 
He goes before to Galilee. 

And while with fear and joy they pressed 
To tell these tidings to the rest, 
Their Lord, their living Lord, they meet, 
And see His form, and kiss His Feet. 

Th' eleven, when they hear, with speed 
To Galilee forthwith proceed ; 
That there they may behold once more 
The Lord's dear Face, as oft afore. 

In this our bright and Paschal day, 
The sun shines out with purer ray ; 
When Christ, to earthly sight made plain, 
The glad Apostles see again. 

The Wounds, the riven Wounds He shows 
In that His Flesh with light that glows, 
With public voice, both far and nigh, 
The Lord's arising testify. 



THE CHK1STIAN YEAR. 97 

To Thee who dead, again dost live, 
All glory, Lord, Thy people give : 
All glory as is ever met, 
To Father and to Paraclete. Amen. 

The forty days after Easter, until the Feast of 
the Ascension, are called, "the Great Forty Days." 
In these the Lord taught His disciples about the 
Church which they were to build up in the earth : 
He also filled them with faith and wisdom for the 
work which they had to do. 

Pass this time in company with your Eisen Sa- 
viour, and pray to be kept in joy and peace, dead 
to this world, and alive to the next. 



FEAST OF THE ASCENSION. 

CALLED ALSO HOLY THURSDAY. 

After spending forty days on the earth with His 
people, the Lord went up to Heaven, whence He 
had come. He descended when He was God only. 
Bat when He went up again, He was Man also. In 
Him, this very nature of ours went up to Heaven, 
and is even now at God's Eight Hand. Heaven 
is opened to us: and now our risen and ascended 
Lord prays for us there, and, having all power in 



98 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

Hea\en and earth, He gives us all things for the 
good of His Church. 

Lift up thy thoughts to Heaven on Holy Thurs 
day, or Ascension Day, and if it be possible, lif 
them up in God's House ; and in that highest ser 
vice in which it is said, 

Lift up your hearts. 

And we reply, 

We lift them up unto the LoiiD. 

Think not of earth, for Heaven is thine. Long 
for it, pant after it. There, is no more pain nor 
sorrow. There, is no more sin. There, thou shalt 
see the saints, and the holy Angels, and thy Blessed 
Saviour, yea, God the Father, God the Son, and 
God the Holy Ghost. 

What is all earth to this ? Strive only after 
Heaven. Eeach up to it. Ascend thither now in 
heart and mind, that hereafter thou mayest ascend 
in body and soul, and dwell therein forever. 

Practice this doctrine, 

1. By trying to think of heaven, and to long 
or it. 

2. By putting away all anxious thoughts by the 
thought of heaven. 

8. By praying more earnestly, because Christ 
is praying for us in heaven. 

4. By doing nothing which will unf? t you for 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 99 

heaven, and every thing which comes into your 
mind which will prepare you for it. 

devotions. 

The Lord is King, and hath put on glorious 
apparel : 

The Lord hath put on His apparel, and girded 
'Himself with strength. 

Be Thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: 

And Thy glory above the earth. 

By Thy Ascension, O Lord, 

Draw us, too, after Thee ; 

That we savour of what is above, 

Not of things on the earth. 

Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that like 
as wb do believe Thine Only-Begotten Son, our 
Lord Jesus Christ, to have ascended into the 
heavens ; so we may also in heart and mind thither 
ascend, and with Him continually dwell, who liveth 
and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one 
God, world without end. Amen. 

HYMN. 

Glory, glory to our King, 

Crowns unfading wreathe His head ; 
Jesus is the name we sing — 

Jesus, risen from the dead — 
Jesus, conqueror o'er the grave- 
Jesus, mighty now to save. 



100 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

Je3us is gone up on high, 

Angels come to meet their King ; 
Shouts triumphant rend the sky, 
While the Victor's praise they sing : 
11 Open now the heavenly gates, 
'Tis the King of Glory waits I" 

Jesus, on Thy children shine, 

Warm our hearts and tune our tongue3, 

That with angels we may join, 

Share their bliss, and swell their songs : 

Grlory, honor, praise and power, 

Lord, be Thine for evermore ! 



WHITSUNDAY. 

The Lord had promised that after He was ascend- 
ed into heaven, He would send down the Comforter 
to dwell in His Church, so that it should not lose 
His Blessed Presence, but possess Him even more 
nearly and fully than when He was upon earth. 
For now he dwelleth unseen by us because within 
us ; He is present in every Sacrament and means 
of grace, and in these He gives us by His Holy 
Spirit pardon of sin, and holiness, the seven-fold 
graces, the fruits of the Spirit. Yea, we are the 
temples of ths Holy Ghost. Well may we be full 
of fear, for he that defileth the temple of God, him 
shall God destroy. Well may we be full of joy also, 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR, 101 

and of hope, for we have Him in our hearts who 
will make us to triumph over every affliction and 
temptation if only we follow His gracious influence 
Who will conform us to the image of the Son of 
God, and make us fit for His everlasting kingdom 
On the eve of Whitsunday, that is to say, on the 
Saturday before, think over your many sins against 
the Holy Ghost; by what evil tempers you have 
grieved Him ; by what thoughts, by what words, 
by what deeds ; how holy you might have been 
and are not. 

Be sure, if you can, to communicate upon Whit- 
sunday, that being joined to your Saviour by re- 
ceiving His Body and Blood, His Spirit may flow 
into you, and fill you with holy desires and reso 
lutions, and grace to fulfil the same. 

DEVOTIONS. 

O Thou who didst send down upon Thy disci- 
ples Thy thrice Holy Spirit, withdraw not the 
gift, Lord, from us, but day by day renew it in 
us, who ask it of Thee, for Jesus Christ's sake, 
Thine only Son our Lord. Amen. 

Grant us, Lop t the fruits of Thy most Holy 
Spirit, love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, 
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR 



TRINITY SUNDAY. 



This day closes the part of the Christian year in 
which the Church teaches us the truths of the Creed 
We have seen how God the Father sent the Son ti 
save sinners ; and how God the Son died for us T 
and rose again from the dead, and went back to 
heaven ; and how God the Holy Ghost comes down 
from heaven to make us holy, and to bring us 
back to our lost estate. And now, after all this, 
we come together, on this day, to worship the 
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Three Per 
sons in One God. This is a wonderful doctrine. 
We cannot understand it- — nor need we. All we 
have to do is to believe. 

Trinity Sunday is a day of Faith, and a day of 
Humility, and a day of Hope for greater knowledge 
in heaven, and a day of thankfulness to God for 
giving us this mystery to believe, and for making 
us partakers of the benefit : for unto the Holy 
Trinity we were baptized ; and in the name of the 
Holy Trinity the Blessing of the Church is given: 
and in the Holy Communion we are brought near 
to God the Father, by partaking of God the Son, 
through the power of God the Holy Ghost ; to 
which Holy Undivided Trinity, Three in One, be 
honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 103 

MORNING DEVOTIONS. 

The Lord is King, the earth may be glad thereof: 
Yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof. 
Clouds and darkness are round about Him : 
Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of 
His seat. 

Our Father, &c. 

Blessed art Thou, Lord, God of Israel, 

Our Father. 

From everlasting to everlasting. 

Thine, Lord, 
Is the greatness and the power, 
The triumph and the victory, 
The praise and the strength, 
For Thou rulest over all, 
In heaven and on earth. 

Holy, Holy, Holy, 
Lord, the God of Hosts, 

Full is the whole Heaven, 
And the whole earth, 
Of the majesty of Thy glory. 

Holy Trinity, One God> 
Have mercy upon us. 



104 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 



HYMN. 



Thon ever blessed Trinity ! 
Dwelling in Light, a mystery ! 
Thee we confess, in Thee believe, 
To Thee with pious heart we cleave. 

Father, by Thy Saints adored ! 
Son of God, the Christ, the Lord! 
Holt Spirit, who dost join 
Father and Son with love divine ! 

We know the Father in the Son ; 
That with the Father Christ is one : 
The Holy Ghost, the Paraclete, 
With Both is One, in Both Complete. 

Thou God the Father, God the Son, 
And God the Holy Ghost are One : 
One perfect truth in Trinity, 
One holy love in Unity. 

God the Fathfr, God the Son, 
And Holy Ghost, in glory One ! 
Thee, Lord Almighty, we adore 
With heart and voice for evermore.— Amen 

EVENING PRAYER. 

God of Infinite Majesty and Greatness, Father 
Son, and Holy Spirit ! Lo, with all humility 
place myself before Thy Divine Majesty, in drea< 
and fear. Do with me, God, as Thou wilt : so 
that in me most perfectly Thy will may be fulfilled 
Suffer me not to stray from the true faith of Thy 



THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 105 

most holy and awful name ; but visit me with Thy 
salvation, now and evermore. Amen. 

O, Blessed Trinity, hear us. 

0, Adorable Trinity hear us. 

O, Thrice Holy, Blessed, and Glorious Trinity, 

hear us. 
Let all Thy Angels and Saints bless Thee, 
Praise Thee and glorify Thee forever. 
Bless we the Father, and the Sojst ; with the Holy 

Ghost : 
Praise we and magnify Him forever. 

CONCLUSION. 

Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding 
abundantly above all that we ask or think, accord- 
ing to the power that worketh in us, to Him be 
glory in the Church, through Christ Jesus, unto 
all generations, world without end. Amen. 

Praise our God, all ye his servants, 

And ye that fear Him 

Both small and great 

Alleluia ! 

For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. 

Let us be glad, and rejoice, and give honor to Him. 

Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men. 

And He will dwell with them ; 

10 



1.06 THE CHRISTIAN YEAR. 

And they shall be His people. 

And God Himself shall be with them, 

And shall wipe away all tears from their eyea. 

And there shall be no more death, 

Neither crying, neither pain any more, 

For the former things are passed away. 



SICKNESS, 



AND 



THE WAY OF PREPARATION FOR 

DEATH. 



(MD 



SICKNESS, 

The Church tells us that sickness comes by the 
will of God, and that He means by it one of two 
things ; either that your faith should be tried, or 
that you should be punished for your sins. 

When sickness comes, the first thing is to know, 
if you can, why it was sent. This you can find 
out only in one way, by asking yourself what kind 
of a life you led when you were well. 

So the first duty in time of sickness is self-ex- 
amination. 

You will find a list of questions on page 32. 
Add to them these that follow : 

While I was well, was my life holy, sober, quiet, 
and harmless, as that of a child of God ? 

How many years did I live without going to 
the Communion? 

Did I keep in mind as well as I could, where 1 
am. what I am, and whither I am going ? 

Or was I thoughtless, idle, careless about church, 
or in any great sin ? 

(109) 



110 SICKNESS AND DEATH. 

After this, confess your sins, as in the prepara- 
tion for the Holy Communion. 

If it should please the Lord to make you well 
soon, lose no time to give Him thanks in His 
Church. 

But if you should get worse and have to stop 
your work and go to bed, then send at once for 
your minister. 

Observe this: that if you are sick enough to 
need a doctor, you need no less the care and 
prayers of your minister. When he comes, take 
good heed to all he says, and do as he bids you in 
all things touching your soul; for he knows its 
sickness just as well as the doctor knows that of 
the body, and if you mind the one, you ought 
also to mind the other. 

PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF THE SICK. 

O Lord, who hast laid me upon this bed of sick- 
ness, lay the desires of my heart to rest : make me 
patient and contented : to wait Thy time : to im- 
prove each hoar of Thy visitation, and to abide in 
Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

O most merciful Father, who hast laid me here, 
so that I can no longer go up to Thy house to 
worship with the people of the Lord, unite my 



SICKNESS AND DEATH. Ill 

prayers and thanksgivings to the service of the 
congregation, that by faith and love I may join 
with all saints in worshipping Thee, the Father. 
the Son, and the Holy Ghost, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 

' Blessed Jesus, who didst vouchsafe to visit those 
who could not come to Thee, and didst restore St. 
Peter's wife's mother, and the sick man at Bethesda, 
visit me also with Thy salvation : and be with me 
in all my afflictions, turning them to spiritual com- 
forts and eternal joys, through Thy merits, who 
with the Father, and the Holy Ghost, livest and 
reignest one God, world without end. Amen. 

Lord, who alone givest medicine to heal our 
sickness ; add Thy blessing to the means now used 
to bring me back to health ; and if it be Thy will, 
grant that I, being restored and made well again, 
may offer up my thanks in Thy holy Church; 
through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. 

scripture readings in sickness. 

Isaiah, 38th chapter. Job, 14th chapter. St. 
John, 11th chapter, to verse 47. Ecclesiastes, 12th 
chapter. St. Luke, 12th chapter, verses 16 to 34. 

rules to keep in sickness. 

1. Bear patiently what the Lord sends ■ you are 
a sinner, and deserve it all. 



112 SICKNESS AND DEATH. 

2. Be kind and gentle to all who take care of 
you. 

3. Think always of Christ; His bitter agony 
His death on the Cross. 

4. Think that sin is the sickness of the soul. 

5. Do not fret nor murmur; it is all for the best 

HOLY COMMUNION IN SICKNESS. 

You need the Sacrament when ill, as much as 
when well. For by the Body and Blood of the 
Lord, not only our souls do live, but we surely 
trust to win to our bodies a resurrection to glory. 

Therefore there is no time of your life when you 
need the Communion more than when you are sick. 
Some have received it as often as once a week when 
very sick. But this will be according to the advice 
of him who watches for your soul. 

Prepare for the Sacrament with the greatest care, 
and desire with all your heart the comfort it is sure 
to bring. 

ACT OP RESIGNATION. 

holy Jesu, I desire neither life nor death, but 
Thy will. Thou art the one, Lord, that I look 
for ; be it unto me as Thou wilt. If it-be thy good 
pleasure to have me die, receive my soul ; and grant 
that in Thee and with Thee I may have eternal 
rest. If it be Thy will to have me live any longer 



SICKNESS AND DEATH. 113 

apon the earth, give me grace to amend the rest 
of my life, and with good works to glorify Thy 
holy name: O thou, who with the Father and the 
Holy Ghost, livest and reignest ever one God, 
world without end. Amen, 



THOUGHTS ON DEATH, 
AND HOW TO MEET IT. 

Dear Christian soul, consider this : that God has 
fixed the sum of your life, and knows its end. You 
cannot change His mind nor alter His will. 

So, then, to think about your last hour will not 
bring it any nearer, nor make it come any sooner. 
It comes when the Loed wills ; neither sooner nor 
later, whether you are ready or unready, whether 
you think about it or not. 

But what if death should come and find you not 
yet ready ? awful thought ! fearful state ! 

You must then make ready to die, although you 
may not, perhaps, die for a great many years, al- 
though you may live to be four score. 

Take care not to lose your soul, as very many 
have lost theirs, by a very silly notion. It is this 
that if they send for a minister when they are first 



114 SICKNESS AND DEATH. 

taken sick, they are more likely to die than if they 
do without one. None but a fool could think this. 
How can the visit of a clergyman make you worse? 
What has it to do with your getting well ? But if 
you should not get well, how much better that you 
*ent for him I 

If you find yourself very sick, and think that 
your life draws to its close, do all you can to make 
ready for the last hour. 

But you should also try to do this when you are 
well. To this end, take one day in the week to 
think of death, and to pray God to give you a 
happy one, even the death of the righteous. 
Saturday is the day on which all Christ's people 
ought to think and pray about death, because on 
that day His dead Body lay in the tomb, and His 
soul was in the place of departed spirits. 

No one can make ready to die as he ought, with- 
out the help of the clergy. So be sure to do all 
that they tell you, and you will learn better how 
to meet your change. 

WHAT DEATH IS. 

Death is the wages of sin. It is the sign of the 
wrath of God. It would never have been known 
in the world, if men had not done wrong. 

Take it, therefore, as something due to you for 
your many sins. 



SICKNESS AND DEATH. 115 

Death is the work of the Devil. Through his 
envy sin came into the world, and death by sin. 

Christ's victory over death. 

Christ our Lord has overcome death. He ha 
done this by dying Himself, and then rising from 
the grave. All who believe in Him shall, like 
Him, rise again, to live forever. He says, " I am 
the Eesurrection and the Life : he that believeth 
in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and 
whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never 
die." 

Eemember, then, that none are safe but they 
who die in the Lord. This you must do. But to 
that end you must make yourself ready. 

how to die in the lord. 

The rule is this :. Live to Him, and you will then 
be sure to die in Him. Fear Him, love Him, keep 
His commandments, receive His holy sacraments ; 
put your whole trust in Him ; and you are safe 
But this is the work of a life. 

PRAYERS FOR A HAPPY DEATH. 
I. 

Lord God most holy; Lord most mighty; 
O holy and most merciful Saviour; deliver us not 
into the bitter pains of eternal death. 



116 SICKNESS AND DEATH. 

Thou knowest, Loed, the secrets of our hearts ; 
shut not Thy merciful ears to our prayer; but 
spare us, Loed most holy, O God most mighty. 
holy and merciful Saviour, Thou most worthy 
Judge eternal, suffer us not at our last hour, for 
any pains of death, to fall from Thee. Amen. 

II. 

God, who hast willed that I, who am appoint- 
ed to death, should yet know neither the day nor 
the hour thereof: grant to me, Thy servant, that I 
may walk before Thee in holiness all my days, 
and at last depart in peace and die in the Lord : 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 



IIL 



A PRAYEE TO THE LOED JESUS. 

holy and merciful Jesus, who for our sakes 
wast content to suffer death and to lie down in Thy 
grave : be with me in the moment of that last con- 
flict on which all my eternity depends. Strengthen 
me, lest I fall under the trial of that hour. Grant 
unto me that I may not be tempted above that I 
am able, but with the temptation make thou a way 
of escape from the hand of the Enemy at the time 
of my departure out of this world. Though I walk 



SICKNESS AND DEATH. 117 

through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will 
fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Call me hence 
when Thou wilt ; but grant that I may go in the 
way of Thy footsteps, nothing doubting Thy divine 
power or Thy Fatherly love, Holy and merciful 
Jesu, Shepherd of the Flock, who wast dead but 
art alive again for evermore. Amen. 

Saviour of the world, who by Thy Cross and 
Precious Blood hast redeemed us, save us and help 
us we humbly beseech Thee, Lord. 

IV. 

LITANY. 

Lord, have mercy, 
Christ, have mercy, 
Lord, have mercy. 
From the gates of Hell, 
Deliver my soul, O Lord* 
Abide with me, Lord, 
For it is toward evening, 
And the day is far spent 
Of -this fretful life. 
Let Thy strength be made perfect, 
In my weakness. 
Life passeth away, 
And cometh death. 
Near as is the end of day, 
So too the end of life. 
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.118 SICKNESS AND DEATH. 

I then also remembering it, 

Beseech of Thee, 

For the close of my life, 

That Thou wouldst direct it in peace ; 

Christian, acceptable, 

Sinless, shameless, 

And if it please Thee, painless. 

Lord, Lord, 
Gathering us Thy people together 
Under the feet of Thine elect, 
When Thou wilt and as Thou wilt, 
Only without shame and sins. 
And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come ; 
And let him that heareth, say, Come ; 
And let him that is athirst, Come. 
Amen ; 
Even so come, Lord Jesus. 



HYMN. 

Gtod, our help in ages past, 
Our hope for years to come, 

Our shelter from the stoi my blast, 
And our eternal home 

Jnder the shadow of Thy throne, 
Thy 'Saints have dwelt secure ; 

Sufficient is Thine arm alone, 
And our defense is sure. 



SICKNESS AND DEATH. 119 

Before the hills in order stood, 

Or earth received her frame, 
From everlasting Thon art God, 

To endless years the same. 

A thousand ages in Thy sight 

Are like an evening gone, 
Short as the watch that ends the night, 

Before the rising sun. 

Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 

Bears all its sons away : . 
They fly forgotten, as a dream 

Dies at the opening day. 

God, our help in ages past, 

Our hope for years to come, 
Be Thou our guard while life shall last, 

And our eternal home. 

With such thoughts in thy heart, and with the love 
of GOD, and with faith in Christ, and with sorrow 
for thy poor life (so much of it thrown away, so little 
of it good), go forth, soul, to meet thy God. Fear 
not to descend into the flood of Death, which sweeps 
round the world, and is ready to bear thee also, whither 
thou knowest not. Yield thyself to its waves, knowing 
that thy Lord once passed through them. He is at 
hand, and will show thee the way beyond, and bring 
thee through in safety, when thou shalt have floated 
out of the sight of us who remain behind, and when 
from our side of the flood thou art seen no more. 



THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS, 

To be used during Advent and Lent, on days of fast- 
ing and abstinence, or in time of sickness and 
trouble. 

Psalm vi. Domine ne, in furore. 

1. LOKD, rebuke me not in thine indigna- 
neither chasten me in thy displeasure. 

2. Have mercy upon me, Lord, for I am 
weak ; Lord, heal me, for my bones are vexed. 

3. My soul also is sore troubled : but Lord, how 
long wilt thou punish me ? 

4. Turn thee, O Lord, and deliver my soul ; 
save me, for thy mercy's sake. 

5. For in death no man remembereth thee ; and 
who will give thee thanks in the pit ? 

6. I am *^eary of my groaning: every night 
wash I my bed and water my couch with my 
tears. 

7. My beauty is gone for very trouble, and 
worn away because of all mine enemies. 

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THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 121 

8. Away from me, all ye that work vanity ; for 
the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 

9. The Lord hath heard my petition ; the Lord 
will receive my prayer. 

10. All mine enemies shall be confounded, and 
sore vexed ; they shall be turned back, and put to 
shame suddenly. 

Psalm xxxii. Beati, quorum 

1. BLESSED is he whose unrighteousness is 
forgiven, and whose sin is covered. 

2. Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord 
imputeth no sin, and in whose spirit there is no 
guile. 

3. For whilst I held my tongue, my bones con- 
sumed away through my daily complaining. 

4. For thy hand is heavy upon me day and 
night, and my moisture is like the drought in 
summer. 

5. I will acknowledge my sin unto thee ; and 
my unrighteousness have I not hid. 

6. I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord ; 
and so thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin. 

7. For this shall every one that is godly make 
his prayer unto thee, in a time when thou mayest 
be found ; but in the great water-floods they shall 
not come nigh him. 



122 THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 

8. Thou art a place to hide me in ; thou shalt 
presgrve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me 
about with songs of deliverance. 

9. I will inform thee, and teach thee in the way 
wherein thou shalt go ; and I will guide thee with 
mine eye. 

10. Be ye not like to horse and mule, which 
have no understanding; whose mouths must be 
held with bit and bridle, lest they fall upon thee. 

11. Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but 
whoso putteth his trust in the Lord, mercy em- 
braceth him on every side. 

12. Be glad, ye righteous, and rejoice in the 
Lord ; and be joyful, all ye that are true of heart. 

Pfcialm xxxviii. Domine, ne in furore. 

1. PUT me not to rebuke, Lord, in thine 
anger; neither chasten me in thy heavy dis- 
pleasure : 

2. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy 
hands presseth me sore. 

3. There is no health in my flesh, because of 
thy displeasure ; neither is there any rest in my 
bones, by reason of my sin. 

4. For my wickednesses are gone over my 
head, and are like a sore burden, too heavy for me 
to bear. 



THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 123 

5. My wounds stink, and are corrupt, through 
my foolishness. 

6. I am brought into so great trouble and 
misery, that I go mourning all the day long. 

7. For my loins are filled with a sore disease, 
and there is no whole part in my body. 

8. I am feeble and sore smitten ; I have roared 
for the very disquietness of my heart. 

9. Lord, thou knowest all my desire ; and my 
groaning is not hid from thee. 

10. My heart panteth, my strength hath failed 
me, and the sight of mine eyes is gone from me. 

11. My lovers and my neighbors did stand 
looking upon my trouble, and my kinsmen stood 
afar off. 

12. They also that sought after my life laid 
snares for me ; and they that went about to do me 
evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all 
the day long. 

13. As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard 
not ; and as one that is dumb, who doth not open 
his mouth. 

14. I became even as a man that heareth not, 
and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 

15. For in thee, O Lord, have I put my trust ; 
Lliou shalt answer for me, Lord my God. 

16. I have required that they, even mine 



124 THE SEVEN PEtflTENTIAJ PSALMS. 

enemies, should not triumph over me ; for when 
my foot slipt, they rejoiced greatly against me. 

17. And I truly am set in the plague, and my 
heaviness is ever in my sight. 

18. For I will confess my wickedness, and be 
sorry for my sin. 

19. But mine enemies live, and are mighty ; and 
they that hate me wrongfully are many in number. 

20. They also that reward evil for good are 
against me ; because I follow the thing that good 
is. 

21. Forsake me not, Lord, my God; be not 
thou far from me. 

22. Haste thee to help me, Lord God of my 
salvation. 

Psalm li. Miserere met, deus. 

1. HAVE mercy upon me. God, after thy 
great goodness ; according to the multitude of thy 
mercies do away mine offences. 

2. Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness, 
and cleanse me from my sin. 

3. For I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is 
ever before me. 

4. Against thee only have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight; that thou mightest be 
justified in thy saying, and clear when thou an 
judged. 



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5. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness, and in 
sin hath my mother conceived me. 

6. Bat lo, thou requirest truth in the inward 
parts, and shalt make me to understand wisdom 
secretly. 

7. Thou shalt purge me with hyssop, and I 
shall be clean ; thou shalt wash me, and I shall be 
whiter than snow. 

8. Thou shalt make me hear of joy and glad- 
ness, that the bones which thou hast broken may 
rejoice. 

9. Turn thy face from my sins, and put out all 
my misdeeds. 

10. Make me a clean heart, God, and renew 
a right spirit within me. 

11. Cast me not away from thy presence, and 
take not thy holy Spirit from me. 

12. give me the comfort of thy help again, 
and establish me with thy free Spirit. 

13. Then shall I teach thy ways unto the 
wicked, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

14. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, 
thou that art the God of my health; and my 
tongue shall sing of thy righteousness. 

15. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord, End my 
mouth shall show thy praise. 

16. For thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I 



12t> THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 

give it thee ; but th(.u delightest not in the burnt- 
offerings. 

17. The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit: a 
broken and contrite heart, Goi>, shalt thou not 
despise. 

18. be favourable and gracious unto Sion , 
build thou the walls of Jerusalem. 

19. Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacri- 
fice of righteousness, with the burnt-offerings and 
oblations ; then shall they offer young bullocks 
upon thine altar. 



Psalm cii. Domirw, exaudi 

1. HEAE my prayer, Lord, and let my 
crying come unto thee. 

2. Hide not thy face from me in the time of my 
trouble ; incline thine ear un;o me when I call ; 
hear me, and that right soon. 

3. For my days are consun.ed away like smoke, 
and my bones are burnt up as it were a firebrand. 

4. My heart is smitten down, and withered like 
grass ; so thaf I forget to eat my bread. 

5. For the voice of my groaning, my bones will 
scarce cleave to my flesh. 

6. I am become like a pelican in the wilder- 
ness, and like an owl that is in the desert. 



THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 127 

7. I Lave watched, and am even as it were a 
sparrow, that sitteth alone upon the house-top. 

8. Mine enemies revile me all the day long; 
and they that are mad upon me are sworn 
together against me. 

9. For I have eaten ashes as it were bread, and 
mingled my drink with weeping ; 

10. And that, because of thine indignation and 
wrath ; for thou hast taken me up and cast me 
down. 

11. My days are gone like a shadow, and I am 
withered like grass. 

12. But thou, Lord, shalt endure for ever, 
and thy remembrance throughout all generations. 

13. Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon 
Sion ; for it is time that thou have mercy upon 
her, yea, the time has come. 

14. And why? thy servants think upon her 
stones, and it pitieth them to see her in the dust. 

15. The heathen shall fear thy Name, Lord; 
and all the kings of the earth thy Majesty ; 

16. When the Lord shall build up Sion, and 
when his glory shall appear . 

17. When he turneth him unto the prayer of 
the poor destitute, and despiseth not their desire. 

18. This shall be written for those that come 
after, and the people which shall be born shall 
praise the Lord. 



128 THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 

19. For he hath looked down from his sanc- 
tuary ; out of the heaven did the Lokd behold the 
earth ; 

20. That he might hear the mourning of such 
as are in captivity, and deliver the children ap- 
pointed unto death ; 

21. That they may declare the Name of the 
Loed in Sion, and his worship at Jerusalem ; 

22. When the people are gathered together, and 
the kingdoms also, to serve the Loed. 

23. He brought down my strength in my 
journey, and shortened my days. 

24. But I said, O my God, take me not away 
in the midst of mine age ; as for thy years, they 
endure throughout all generations. 

25. Thou, Loed, in the beginning hast laid the 
foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the 
work of thy hands. 

26. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: 
they all shall wax old as doth a garment ; 

27. And as a vesture shalt thou change them, 
and they shall be changed ; bui thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

28. The children of thy servants shall continue 
and their seed shall stand fast in thy sight. 



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Psalm cxxx. De profundis. 

1. OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, 
l,ord ; Lord, hear my voice. 

2. O let thine ears consider well the voice of my 
complaint. 

3. If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what 
is done amiss, Lord, who may abide it ? 

4. For there is mercy with thee ; therefore shalt 
thou be feared. 

5. I look for the Lord ; my soul doth wait for 
him ; in his word is my trust. 

6. My soul fleeth unto the Lord before the 
morning watch ; I say before the morning watch. 

7. O Israel, trust in the Lord ; for with the 
Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous 
redemption. 

8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins. 

Psalm cxliii. Domine. exaudi. 

1. HEAP my raayer, Lord, and consider 
my desire; hearken unto me for thy truth and 
righteousness' sake. 

2. And enter not into judgment with thy 
servant ; for in thy sight shall no man living be 
justified. 

3. For the enemy hath persecuted my soul ; he 

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130 THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS. 

hath smitten my life down to the ground ; he hath 
laid me in the darkness, as the men that have 
been long dead. 

4. Therefore is my spirit vexed within me, and 
my heart within me is desolate. 

5. Yet do I remember the time past : I muse 
upon all thy works ; yea, I exercise myself in the 
works of thy hands. 

6. I stretch forth my hands unto thee ; my soul 
gaspeth unto thee as a thirsty land. 

7. Hear me, O Lord, and that soon ; for my 
spirit waxeth faint : hide not thy face from me, 
lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. 

8. let me hear thy loving-kindness betimes 
in the morning ; for in thee is my trust : show thou 
me the way that I should walk in ; for I lift up 
my soul unto thee. 

9. Deliver me, Lord from mine enemies; for 
I flee unto thee to hide n v>. 

10. Teach me to do the thing that pleaseth 
thee ; for thou art my God : let thy loving Spirit 
lead me forth into the land of righteousness. 

11. Quicken me, Lord, for thy Name's sake ; 
and for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out 
of trouble. 

12. And of thy goodness slay mine enemies, 
and destroy all them that vex my soul ; for T am 
thy servant. 



THE SEVEN CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY. 

( Which to do them for any one, in faith, is to do 
them unto Christ.) 

1. To feed the hungry. 2. To give drink to 
the thirsty. 3. To clothe the naked. 4. To take 
in the stranger. 5. To visit the sick. 6. To visit 
the captive in prison. 7. To bury the dead. 
(See St. Matt. xxv. 40.) 



THE SEVEN SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY. 

1. To instruct the ignorant. 2. To correct 
offenders. 3. To counsel the doubtful. 4. To 
comfort the afflicted. 5. To suffer injuries with 
patience. 6. To forgive offences and wrongs, 
7. To pray for others. 



THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS. 



1. Pride. 2. Covetousness. 3. Luxury. 4. Envy 
5. Gluttony. 6. Anger. 7. Sloth. 

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COMMEMORATIONS OF THE WEEK DAYS, 

[According to the Acts of Creation and Redemption^) 

On Sunday. — Remember that God made the 
light ; Christ rose from the dead; the Holy Spirit 
came down in the shape of fiery tongues on the 
Apostles. 

On Monday. — Remember the creation of the 
firmament. 

On Tuesday. — Remember the dividing of land 
from water; and the making of the trees and herbs. 

On Wednesday. — Remember that God made the 
sun, moon, and stars ; our Lord was also sold by 
Judas Iscariot for thirty pieces of silver. 

On Thursday. — God made the fish of the sea, 
and the fowl of the air ; our Lord instituted the 
blessed sacrament of his body and blood ; on this 
day of the week he also ascended into heaven. 

On Friday.— -Man was created, pure and holy ; 
and man the sinner was saved by the death of our 
Lord. All Fridays in the year are days of absti 
nence. 

On Saturday. — God rested from the work of 
creation; and Christ rested, after the work of 
redemption, in the peaceful grave in the garden. 



FOUR LAST THINGS THAT CAN BEFALL ANY ONE OF US 

1. Death. 2. The judgment. 3. Heaven, or 

4. Hell. 

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